Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum (Cupnoodles Museum), Osaka: How to Visit and What to Do Nearby

The Cupnoodles Museum in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, occupies the site where Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen in a backyard shed in 1958. The museum traces the development from Chikin Ramen, the world's first instant noodle, through the 1971 invention of Cup Noodles, which Ando designed by inverting the cup over the noodles during packaging. A tunnel of over 3,000 instant noodle packages from around the world lines the main corridor. The My Cupnoodles Factory lets visitors design custom cups and select from four soup bases and 12 toppings. is just one of many options in Osaka. Major attractions worth considering include Abeno Harukas (Osaka Harukas), Dotonbori, and Kuromon Ichiba Market.