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I visited the Ramen Museum on a recent trip to Yokohama and I would say it’s worth the effort if you’re crazy about ramen. The bulk of the museum is an interior courtyard of sorts that is about 3 stories high and modeled after an old Japanese street scene chock full of ramen restaurants. You can do the whole place including lunch in about 1 hour. Be aware that the whole museum is in Japanese with the help from an English guide. You should be able to find English menus on top of the machines where you order. This will help map the English name of dishes to the buttons on the machine to help with ordering.

I visited Yokohama on a recent trip to Tokyo. This being the 2nd largest city in Japan it’s said to be a mini Tokyo so I’m not sure if I would put this on a must visit list since it’s so close to Tokyo itself. None the less it’s worth a day trip (or half day) if you’re going for a few specific things like the Ramen Museum. It’s only about 20-30 min from Tokyo by train.