This interactive food education museum is designed to stir the creativity
and curiosity within every childand provide a rich educational experience.
Through the museum’s many exhibits
you can learn about the “Creative Thinking” of Momofuku Ando,
the founder of Nissin Food Products and inventor of Chicken Ramen,
the world’s first instant noodles
that revolutionized food culture all over the world.
Here you will gather the knowledge that inspires invention
and discovery and find the creativity within you
by seeing, touching, playing, eating, and having fun.

heInterior view of the work shed where instant noodles were invented

The Father of Instant Noodles

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Momofuku Ando was born on March 5, 1910.
He established Nissin Food Products and founded theAndo Foundation.
In 1958 Momofuku invented Chicken Ramen, the world’s
first instant noodles, creating the instant noodle industry.
In 1971, he invented CUPNOODLES, the world’s first instantnoodles served in a cup. While serving as president andchairman of Nissin Food Products, Momofuku contributed
to building the instant noodle industry as chairman of theJapan Instant Food Industry Association and as chairmanof the World Instant Noodles Association. Dedicated to thehealthy education of young people, in 1983, he used funds
from his personal fortune to establish the Ando Foundation.

noodlesPursuing his long held dream to invent instant noodles
that can be eaten in space, Momofuku started work on
Space Ram. Along with applying various techniques fore a t i n g i n z e ro g r a v i t y, S p a c e R a m i s b a s e d o n t h eflash-frying method that Momofuku invented in 1958. WithSpace Ram, Momofuku’s creative thinking transcended
the earth to contribute to creating food that people caneat even in space.

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noodlesthe story of how Momofuku Ando overcame great
adversity to achieve inventions of worldwide
importance. The program presents the six keywords that drove Momofuku’s creative thinking
in a way that is fun and easy to understand.

This is a faithful recreation of the work shedw h e r e C h i c k e n R a m e n , t h e w o r l d ’s f i r s t
instant noodles, was invented. The messageof this little shed is that even without any
special equipment, it is possible to create
world-changing inventions with only ordinary
tools as long as you are creative.

You can make Chicken Ramen by hand starting with kneading, spreading, and steaming
the wheat flour and then drying it with flash-frying method. After experiencing the processthat led to the invention of the world’s first instant noodles, you can take your freshly madeinstant noodles with you and enjoy eating them at home.

varieties

500 yen per cup

Numbered ticket required.

In the order of entrance to the museum, visitors receive a numbered ticket. Once all the numbered tickets have been
handed out, the reception on that day closes.

Eight*Participation fee is free when used as an elementary, junior high, or high school educational activities. Reservations
can be made up to one year in advance.

600

1,000

*Participation fee is free when used as an elementary,junior high, or high school educational activities.
Reservations can be made up to one year in advance.

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Online:http://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/- Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the session at
the Information Desk on the third floor.

By telephone: +81-45-345-0825(10:00 - 18:00, museum holidays excluded)

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The menu for this food attraction features eight varieties of noodles that Momofuku Andoencountered during his travels in search of noodles’ origins. Enjoy the noodle culture that has
spread to every corner of the world in an atmosphere that is reminiscent of an Asian night market.
500Convinced that promoting sports is essential to nurturing physically and mentally healthy young
people, Momofuku Ando founded the Ando Foundation in 1983 with funds from his personal fortune.
Based on the principle that food and sports are the two wheels that support health, the Foundation
carries out non-profit activities in four areas: sports support programs, nature activities, and dietaryculture activities, and operating the CUPNOODLES MUSEUMS in Ikeda City, Osaka and Minatomirai,
Yokohama.

Sports support programs
Based on the philosophy that food and sports are the two wheels that support health, we support awide range of sports, including track and field, tennis, and basketball. Endorsing the belief of theJapan Association of Athletics Federations that running is where all sports begin, the Foundation has
supported the National Amateur Track and Field Championships for Elementary School Children since1985. In addition, we support the development of junior athletes through each sports organizationthat is a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, such as sponsoring the men's juniordevelopment program sponsored by the Japan Tennis Association and the U18 league matchsponsored by the Japan Basketball Association.

Nature activities

The brilliant imagination and entrepreneurial spirit of Momofuku Ando that transformed therelationship between human beings and the food they eat embodies the kind of creative
thinking we need as we go forward. The new CUPNOODLES MUSEUM was conceived andbuilt around the concept of creative thinking. The museum is visited not only by thousands ofJapanese children but children from all over Asia. The entire museum is designed as a placefor exposing children to the spirit of creative thinking that Momofuku possessed his entire life
and as a place for stimulating the seed of creativity within them. Inspired by CUPNOODLES
package designs, the museum logo is three “!” marks arranged side-by-side. Individuallysymbolizing the joy of invention and discovery, the importance of food, and the pleasure ofhaving dreams and thinking creatively, the three “!” marks together express what we hope
you will experience when visiting the CUPNOODLES MUSEUM.

General Producer
Creative Director / Visiting professor at Keio University
After working for Hakuhodo, Kashiwa Sato established his own creative studio, SAMURAI. His
major works include the logo design for the National Art Center, Tokyo; brand creative
direction for Uniqlo, the Rakuten Group, Seven-Eleven Japan and Imabari Towel; and total
creative projects for Fuji Kindergarten and Senri Rehabilitation Hospital. In recent years, hehas served as a Japan Cultural Envoy for the Agency for Cultural Affairs, devoting his energies
to promoting Japan’s excellent products, culture, technologies and content to a wide
audience overseas. He has received the Mainichi Design Award, the Tokyo ADC Grand Prixand many other prizes. He is the author of the book “Kashiwa Sato’s Ultimate Method for
Reaching the Essentials” (published by Nikkei Publishing Inc.), among others.

Carrying on the founder's belief that "interacting with nature enriches children's creativity", we areworking to spread nature experience activities that nurture children's creativity and self-sustainingabilities. Since 2002, we have held the Tom Sawyer School Idea Contest to support and award natureexperience activities planned by schools and organizations nationwide. In addition, at The Momofuku
Ando Center for Outdoor Activities (Komoro City, Nagano Prefecture), which was established with theaim of revitalizing outdoor activities, we are supporting the "JAPAN TRAIL" concept advocated by theJapan Long Trail Association and fostering the culture of traveling on foot.

Dietary culture activities
Founded in 1996 based on Ando’s philosophy of “Create foods to serve society,” Shokusokai supportsindependent fundamental research and food product development and venture businesses related tot h e c re a t i o n o f n e w f o o d p ro d u c t s . E v e r y y e a r S h o k u s o k a i a w a rd s M o m o f u k u A n d o P r i z e s i n
re c ognition of out s t andi ng peopl e who do res earch and dev el opment and f orm new bus i nes s
ventures in the field of food products.

Operation of the CUPNOODLES MUSEUMS
An interactive food education museum, the Momofuku
Ando Instant Ramen Museum (popularly known as theCUPNOODLES MUSEUM) opened in Ikeda-shi, OsakaPrefecture, the birthplace of instant noodles, in 1999 andin Minatomirai, Yokohama in 2011. The museums teachthe beliefs and way of thinking of Momofuku Ando, whobrought about a revolution in worldwide food culture.
T h e y a l s o i n t ro d u c e t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f i n v e n t i o n a n d
discovery and the spirit of “Creative Thinking” throughthe history of instant noodles.

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