Yokohama is around 35 minutes on train from Tokyo. It is Japan's second largest city but does not have a whole heap of tourist attractions. We hit up two of the goodies - the Cup Noodle Museum and Chinatown.
Museum entry is 500 yen. The museum is not all the exciting, only took us about 10 minutes to walk our way through.The museum is mainly a homage to the creator Momofuku Ando and a way to squeeze some more coin out of your pocket with the add on attractions:
Making your own cup noodles - 300 yen
Chicken ramen factory - 300 to 500 yen
Kids playground area - 300 yen
World noodles bazaar - price of your lunch choice
The wall of cup noodle varieties.
Noodle sculpture.
And onto the best part, making our very own cup noodles!
First get your cup from the vending machine. Have fun having childhood flashbacks with the colouring pens.
Next join the queue to pick your ingredients. Mine is on the left. I think I ended up with curry flavour noodles, chicken bits, corn, cheese and onions.
Then your choice gets wrapped and sealed.
And then you pump your carry bag full of air so its nice and snug for your journey home.
We were pretty hungry after our cup noodle experience so we walked along the promenades to Chinatown.
In Chinatown, I picked up a steamer basket to take home (for a rip off price compared to good 'ol Footscray) and we snacked on some mini dim sims and giant pork buns. We wandered through a few of the super touristy shops and avoided the many, many palm readers around the place.
We also stopped for some chill out time in one of the parks along the waterfront. And had a look through some of the boutique shops and restaurants in the red brick warehouse buildings 'Akarengo Soko'.
Last stop before home was a couple of quick rollercoaster rides at the fun park next to the train station. As you do.
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