Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

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The Shin-Yokoyama Ramen Museum was a great experience. It had a great atmosphere that really made it feel like you were in 1958 Tokyo (Souwa 33). The museum featured many different antique store fronts including a hair salon and electronics store. There were also old videos of Japanese TV programs playing in rustic TV’s. It felt like I was in a Japanese-futuristic Virginia City, Nev., with the ambiance, games, patrons and actors.

It was really intriguing to watch the kids play the cork gun gallery station. Since the country bans guns except for law enforcement and the military, the station worker had to explain the simple procedures on how to use a gun. Further, after watching several kids and a few adults play they game, I noticed that all of them had trouble aiming and hitting their target (Only one person got a prize in 15 minutes). I gave the game a go and I nailed my targets 3 for 3…too easy. I received some compliments from the people around me as I gathered my carnival-like prizes.

The actors are really nice and they are glad to pose for shots as you like. There are many great locations to set up shots of subjects and for most of them a single strobe or beauty dish will do the trick since the backgrounds are very authentic looking.

Also, if you love ramen then this is the place for you. Almost every restaurant is a ramen shop that have different ramen from all over Japan. You can even get a custom ramen gift box with your picture on it.