Flash Back To Japan Circa 1958 at ShinYokohama Ramen Museum

Apa yang terpikirkan saat mendengar kata "Museum Ramen?"

What comes on your mind when you hear “Ramen Museum”?

Museum biasanya berisikan sejarah, seni, keterangan apa yang terjadi di periode waktu tertentu, tapi ramen? Cukup unik, memang :)

Generally, museum is all about history, art, and any details happened during certain period, but ramen? Sounds unique, right 

Yang saya pikirkan pertama kali saat mendengar Ramen Museum tentunya sejarah ramen dan tipe-tipe ramen. Meski penggemar ramen, museum makanan tampak kurang menarik, namun ternyata semua pikiran awal saya salah besar. Museum Ramen ini justru sangat menarik.

My first thought about Ramen Museum of course the history and various types of ramen itself. Though I was fan of ramen but a food museum actually seemed not really interesting till then I knew it such a big mistake. The Ramen Museum was really fun.

ShinYokohama Raumen Museum terletak di area Kota Yokohama, sekitar satu jam perjalanan dari pusat Tokyo. Nama ShinYokohama berarti Yokohama yang baru, menggambarkan posisi museum yang berada di distrik baru Yokohama dengan jajaran bangunan tinggi.

ShinYokohama Raumen Museum is located at Yokohama City area, about one hour from the heart of Tokyo. ShinYokohama means the new Yokohama, explaining the museum location in new district of Yokohama with the rows of high buildings.

Museum ini dari depan tidak terlihat seperti museum pada umumnya karena ada di gedung yang tampak seperti bangunan kantor, namun dengan loket masuk. Di dalam terdapat toko dan separator dinding yang dipenuhi foto dan penjelasan mengenai penyedia ramen di Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum. Rupanya di museum ini kita dapat mencicipi berbagai ramen dari brand yang berbeda dan telah diseleksi.

I already found out this museum as a special one from the outside look. It was built like an office building with an entrance counter. We could see a store and wall separator full with pictures and description about ramen-shop in ShinYokohama Raumen Museum. Later, I knew that this was a place where you can taste any brands of selected ramen.

Kami menuruni tangga dan masuk ke area yang lebih gelap pencahayaannya, kemudian mendapati suasana seperti ini: suasana malam Jepang masa lampau, dengan gang-gang kecil, loket stasiun masa lampau, lapangan yang dikelilingi berbagai toko dan "langit" biru yang mulai menggelap.

We went downstairs and entered the area with lower light, and here what we got: old night atmosphere of Japan, small alleys, old station, and even field surrounded by various shops with an artificial blue sky that getting darker.

ShinYokohama Raumen Museum menggambarkan Jepang di masa tahun 1958, masa dimana Jepang mengalami kemajuan ekonomi, dengan geliat perdagangan yang mulai terasa di berbagai tempat.

ShinYokohama Raumen Museum wanna told about Japan circa 1958, with the development in many aspects of economy and trading.

 

Yang menarik, di gang-gang kecil ini terdapat banyak restoran ramen yang dibuat layaknya tampilan rumah makan di masa lampau. Tidak hanya restoran, mulai dari toko pakaian, bioskop hingga kantor polisi dengan suasana Jepang circa 1950-an dapat ditemukan di sini.

Another fun part was when we could eat ramen in many restaurants inside the small alleys as if we were living in the past. Not only the restaurants, there were also clothing store, cinema, and even police station with the flashback of Japan circa 1950s.

Museum ini bagi saya lebih cocok disebut food park, karena jajaran restoran yang khusus menjual ramen, namun dibangun di suasana masa lampau yang sangat menyenangkan.

For me, it might be more perfect to call this museum as a food park since we could find lots of ramen restaurant with an old atmosphere yet keep interesting.

You can order and pay ramen here

ShinYokohama Raumen Museum tentu menyenangkan untuk mencari dan mencoba ramen (mereka menyediakan tipe setengah porsi sehingga kita dapat menyediakan ruang untuk mencoba lebih dari satu ramen). Suasana Jepang masa lampau membuat mancicipi ramen di ShinYokohama Raumen Museum terasa sangat otentik.

ShinYokohama Raumen Museum was such a pleasant place to have many kinds of ramen (they also serve in a half portion so we were able to eat more than one ramen). The old atmosphere of Japan made the excitement of tasting ramen at ShinYokohama Raumen Museum more authentic.

@marischkaprue - loves ramen but heading to the future

NOTES:

ShinYokohama Ramen Museum

2-14-21 Shinyokohama, Kohoku-ku

Yokohama City, 222-0033 Japan

Opening Hours:

11.00 - 22.00

Admission Fee:

One Day Ticket:

300 Yen (Adults - 13 years & older)

100 Yen (Children 6- 12 years & seniors 60 years and older)

Wifi available on floor B1 & B2

ID: ramen, password: 19940306

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