I decided to be 優等生 (yuutousei - model student 😂) by clearing 2 blog posts!
I still can go back since this post kinda long (so much happening on that day XD)
But instead of 5 kids, I only had 4 kids
And I cleared 1 report at work while waiting for my partner's reply
And I only have studying & fitboxing to do
So....let me amend my laziness of not recording KiDoAiRaku 😂
Let's travel back to August 2021!
This was really the beginning of the month, on a Sunday!
First time visiting Cup Noodle Factory at Yokohama!
So after I went to Oedo Onsen with my girlfriend, we made another schedule together to Yokohama~
I think I had SCRAP in the morning -> napped -> showered? -> off to Yokohama!
We met up around 12 for brunch!
We randomly picked a pancake store!
It's randomly for me but apparently not for my friend who wanted to come here before but cancelled due to long queue
We could not get indoor seat, but it was cool outside
Just that the wind was super strong that our tissue paper were flying 😂
Then we walked 10 minutes to our first destination~
I haven't been to Yokohama since my visit back in January 2021!
Yay for super good weather, that it was more to warm than cool though XD
But yay no rain as we walked a lot that day XD
Here comes destination number 1; Cup Noodles Museum by Nissin!
Bought tickets beforehand (convenient store in Japan is truly convenient!)
The entry timing was 2? Therefore the brunch!
They had on the day ticket sales too though!
Right at the entrance!
The first floor had ticket sales and shop
The exhibition starts from level 2, but it's paid area!
Exhibition starts with showcase of all the packaging
It was a truly aesthetic area!
All these brands I've never seen (and ofc eaten 😂) before!
We fell in love with the Chicken Noodle (most basic!) mascot by the end of the visit 😂
Too many to see 😂
Yay to girlfriend who took more than 1 photo 😂
I want the Gundam one 🥲
Then they also had replica of the creator's house, where he kept on inventing Cup Noodle!
It's truly another great invention now that I think about it!
The museum was unexpectedly intellectual 😆
Around here, they also have a movie room where they played 10 minutes video of the inventor~
Further inside the museum, they also showed several other inventions that are super convenient!
After all, it's not just when there's a will there's a way but it's also the importance of solving problem and make life easier!
The birth of Cup Noodle!
How some invention looks like is inspired by nature!
The showcase sure is cute!
A lot of photo spot in the museum!!
They also tried to make cup noodle for space~!
and the inventor!
more photo spot, that is 3D trick art inspired!
Going to the third floor, it's making time!
I just have no great drawing skill, so I wrote down what I drew 😂
and it was the upcoming day's KiDoAiRaku episode cover!
After designing our cup, we were to pick soup base (I chose the basic Chicken Soup!)
Then 3 toppings (I chose egg, cheese and prawn!)
We were given special bag with air so that our noodle won't get destroyed 😂
Then off to the fourth floor, last one!
There were 2 areas that were closed due to the pandemic.
Beside this, there's actually a special corner at the Cup Noodle making area that's closed!
The fourth floor is eating space XD
They served various noodles from various countries (though i feel like mainly Asia @@)
I-i forgot which is Thai and which is Vietnam ;;
Thai's noodle is ofc TomYum, and pho for Vietnam~
They also had Indonesia, but ofc Bali style design .w.
屋台 (yatai - food truck) style for Japan, basic Chicken Soup!
I got the Japanese Chicken Soup noodle. We can choose 1 topping and I chose cheese~
We were curious about Mi Goreng and.. IT WASNT MI GORENG AT ALL 😂
It was basically yakisoba, as in Japanese fried noodle 😂
a-and no other taste but just sweet 🥲
I-it just didn't pass Indonesian mouth 😂
View from the fourth floor of the building!
Yokohama is after all so pretty as it is a port town!
Time to go back to the first floor where the gift shop is!
My friend was interested in this handkerchief!
Sadly (?) no matter how long I've been here or into Japanese culture, handkerchief culture is the only one I'm not used too..
I really try to bring it everywhere but it's usually dirty due to not being used, just inside my bag :x
After the museum, we walked for 30mins-1hour to our next destination!
We walked toward a park~
So nostalgic to go through these famous spots; Red Brick Warehouse!
Since 2019 August I think :0
There was Taiwan festival on the way, but we didn't want to enter because need to pay
Plus each visitor will get free uncut pineapple 😂
We chose the path that goes through a big park
It was crowded with people doing picnic..
State of Emergency was still around, but I think not as bad as in Tokyo (Yokohama is Kanagawa prefecture)
Everyone is outside and playing 😂
There were people doing pre-weddinng or pregnancy photoshoot around too!
and getting closer to our destination----
GUNDAM BASE-----
At last I was there------
I'm so thankful to my friend who is not really into Gundam but alright with accompanying me ;w;
I was truly fangirling----
We reached around 5 but it wasn't dark yet!
Too cloudy for nice sunset though XD
We reached just on time for the Gundam to step out!
The video is here; https://twitter.com/VKanon18/status/1461686445601525760
I'm so glad to have the chance to enter the paid area ;w;
Regret from January 2021 is gone----
It was truly big and majestic.. view from the first floor!
Then went into the museum area to wait for the Gundam to go back
Some EXILE related stuff was on going behind the Gundam area XD
The Gundam move every 1/2 hours..
So beside the museum, we also checked the shop..
WHERE I SPLURGED ;w;
I'm so in love with CLEAR Gunpla orz
all my first loves ;w;
the black one uses recycled parts of something..
My friend also sent me photos from the toilet which are Gundam related XD
My friend sure love me a lot 🥲
She also shared with me the news regarding Gundam cafe closing at Akihabara
But I've been there once so I'm not visiting it anymore 🙃
We went to the second floor to see it going back~
Despite having seen it move for more than thrice, I almost cried (and literally shouted a little) when seeing it move from the second floor as I then can clearly see the foot raised, as if taking step
I was truly thrilled that day 🥲
and of course I was happy from the shopping too 😂
I think I wrote it here before already (well I did talk about it in KiDoAiRaku w) but my friend got me shopping
I told her that the Exia is also available at Odaiba's Gundam Base but she told me that it's better to buy here so that I won't buy more at Odaiba, because only when I really want it then I'll make the effort to go Odaiba😂
I'm so happy that I'm not really into this fandom anymore, or it can be my cloth shopping where I lately buy more online than when seeing it in store..
Then we walked for another 30mins for dinner
My friend got me eating at Indonesian food place which main store is at Akiba (the chain is at Shibuya and I've been there too 😂)
well, this is the most legit Indonesian food for me in Japan
though there's still another place I'd like to try again!
That's all for this post, or more like that fulling day!
We were so tired from all the walking that on the way back (in the train), we passed out 😂
But I was truly happy that day 🥰
4 more August 2021 posts to go 😆
