池田は、逸翁美術館や小林一茶記念館もあり、一日では見きれないくらいたくさん見るところがある、隠れた名所エリアである…！
安藤百福氏、1910年生まれ。戦後の食糧難で、いつでも食べられるカップヌードルを開発した、とか、立命館大で経営学を学んで、食品学は専門家ではなかったのに、いろいろと知恵を絞って、当時としては画期的なカップヌードルの大量生産方法を編み出したそうだ。麺をカップに入れるのではなく、麺にカップをかぶせる、麺が浮いている入れ方にすることで、カップもつぶれないし麺も壊れない、とか、アルミシールでふたをする、シュリンクフィルムを付けるなど。「逆転の発想」がモノを言った！そう。
歴代のカップヌードルが展示してあって壮観だった。
自分で具材などを選んでオリジナルのカップヌードルを作るコーナー、ちびっこたちに大人気だった。
安藤百福氏、功績を称えられて世界中から賞をもらっているし、立命館大から名誉博士号を授与されて、袖に横に三本線が入った博士号のガウンが飾ってあった！おおーー
無料で入れるわりには大充実。面白かったです。
I went to the Cup Noodles Museum in Ikeda, which I had been interested in for a while!
Ikeda is a hidden gem with so much to see, including the Itsuo Art Museum and the Kobayashi Issa Memorial Museum, that you can’t see everything in just one day.
Momofuku Ando, born in 1910, developed Cup Noodles during the post-war food shortage so that people could have something to eat anytime. Even though he studied business management at Ritsumeikan University and wasn’t a food science expert, he came up with many clever ideas and invented a groundbreaking method for mass-producing Cup Noodles at the time. Instead of putting the noodles into the cup, he placed the cup over the noodles, allowing them to float inside. This method prevented both the cup from being crushed and the noodles from breaking. He also came up with the idea of sealing the cup with an aluminum lid and protecting cups with shrink film. The "reverse thinking", or thinking outside the box really paid off!
The display of Cup Noodles throughout the years was truly impressive.
There was also an attraction where you could choose ingredients and create your own original Cup Noodles, which was really popular with kids.
Momofuku Ando’s achievements have been recognized around the world, and he has received many awards. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Ritsumeikan University, and his doctoral gown with three horizontal stripes was on display. Ohh, looks familiar.
Considering it’s free to enter, the museum was quite good. It was fun!
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