A few weeks ago I stopped into my neighborhood coffee shop when the girl behind the counter handed me my latte with a big sunny smile and said “I hope you like my little rooster”.

The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum has as its center piece a 2 story basement recreation of a late 1950’s (Showa Era) typical Japanese town. Most of the store faces are fake except for a candy shop, a few bars, a bakery and then about 8 different ramen restaurants that represent different types of ramen found throughout Japan.