# Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

> An indoor food theme park recreating a 1958 Tokyo streetscape, where ramen shops from across Japan serve their regional specialties.

- Prefecture: Kanagawa
- Type: Museum
- Address: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Admission: 450 yen
- Official site: https://www.raumen.co.jp/english/

Opened in 1994 and billed, correctly, as the world's first food-themed amusement park. Upstairs is a small gallery about the history and regional varieties of ramen. Downstairs is the reason to come.

The basement is a full-scale reconstruction of a Tokyo shitamachi street in 1958, the year instant noodles were invented, built across two levels with a painted sunset sky, dim street lamps, a cinema frontage, alley bars, and a level of detail that includes period advertisements and the right kind of rubbish. The light cycles slowly from dusk to night. It is film-set work rather than museum display and it holds up.

In it are around nine ramen shops, each an outpost of an established regional restaurant, and the line-up rotates every few years so a shop from Hokkaido might be replaced by one from Kyushu. Between them they cover miso, tonkotsu, shoyu, shio and whatever the current rotation adds.

Every shop sells a mini-size bowl at about two thirds the price. That is the point: three small bowls from three regions in one sitting is a comparison you cannot make anywhere else in Japan without three train journeys.

Entry is around 450 yen and does not include the ramen. Popular shops have queues at lunchtime; go mid-afternoon.

Shin-Yokohama station is five minutes away on foot and is a Shinkansen stop, which makes this an unusually good way to fill ninety minutes between trains.

## FAQ

### Can I try multiple ramen shops in one visit?

Yes! Most shops offer mini portions (about half size) specifically so visitors can sample multiple bowls. A typical strategy is to try 2-3 different regional styles in one visit. Come hungry!

### What is the 1958 Tokyo streetscape?

The basement floors recreate a nostalgic Tokyo neighborhood from 1958, the year instant ramen was invented. Complete with retro storefronts, old candy shops, vintage signs, and atmospheric lighting. It's a Showa-era time capsule with ramen.

### How do I get to Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum?

Take the JR Tokaido Shinkansen or JR Yokohama Line to Shin-Yokohama Station, then walk 5 minutes. From Tokyo Station, shinkansen takes about 18 minutes (Kodama) or take JR Tokaido Line to Yokohama, then JR Yokohama Line to Shin-Yokohama.

### What's the entry fee and how much should I budget?

Adult entry ¥450 (¥850 with photo souvenir), child (6–12) ¥100, under 6 free. Open 11:00–22:00 (last entry 21:00). Inside, ramen mini-bowls cost ¥600–900 each, regular bowls ¥1,000–1,500. Plan ¥2,000–3,000 per person for entry + 2 mini-ramens. The 'My Cup Noodle Factory' (¥500, no reservation) lets you design your own cup noodle, popular with kids. Allow 2–3 hours.

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Source: Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum — Japan Voyage