Tripping Far Side

Today, Dante took me to Shin-Yokohama station, where there's a ramen museum. Kinda neat to know that Yokohama (near Tokyo) is where they say ramen originated in Japan.

There's a bunch of ramen restaurants to sample, each with a unique style home to various areas. I even read that it's a recent phenomenon; popularity skyrocketed after World War II. So that would explain the older decor, with Japanese posters drawn with the flicks of the age. Kinda felt like I was in a movie--should I be expecting Godzilla or something?

We went a little after 1 PM, so it was packed. I suppose it's considerate that an electronic billboard with the wait times for each of the 8 restaurants was outside. We went to wait in a line that Dante said was the longest when he was here last. We read the English brochure and found that this place is called Ryushanhai and they served karamiso ramen from Akayu.

It was so busy, we had to share a table with 2 Japanese girls. Too bad they didn't speak English, as it was awkward. But the ramen was good. I'd like to come back and try some of the other ones.

And off we were to Narita airport. But, as Dante says, a chain of errors made us miss our flight. Badly. We both misjudged the flight time, the time it would take the trains, and the correct terminal. I was really bummed and cranky since I was really looking forward to coming back home today.

Oh well. We're staying at Washington Hotel near Narita airport. Pretty nice for the cheap price! I even had dinner at a place called Belle-vue, haha. But it's not home for sure. What a cruel joke on April Fools Day. :( Anna, I'm coming soon!