This is the museum's bus parking lot, but it's often used as a standby area for out-of-service buses for the Cup Noodles Museum; it's 2500 yen and technically reservation-only. It fits 9 buses inside, but since the lot has an unusual shape, the spots at the back are a bit tight….

Reservation-only parking, ￥2500 per visit I booked by phone; if there's space they'll let you in. There's a toilet; it's in a dense residential area so you can't leave the engine running, and this time the heat was unbearable; there was no crew room ⤵⤵ ……(^_^;)

The parking lot gate opens at 9:30 The Instant Ramen Invention Museum also opens at 9:30 If you arrive early, large vehicles can't use the east-west road, so there's nothing you can do, but the parking attendant guy said, “Don't come early.” “The other day I opened the gate at 9:15 for one and had the bus make a U-turn.” … I figured it'd be pointless to say anything to this person, and I was left speechless. You'd normally think that rather than making them U-turn, they could just let them in, but this parking attendant was condescending and unpleasant from start to finish The real problem is just that this parking lot opens way too late How about opening earlier? It was a parking lot with a uniquely Kansai temperament.

9-space parking lot Beautiful restroom at the very back

A bus parking lot used when going to the Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda by chartered bus. Reservations can be made online.