Nissin’s New Cup Noodle Mashups Put Familiar Japanese Pantry Flavors in One Cup

Cup Noodle turns fifty-five this year, and Nissin Foods is celebrating with three cups that pull flavors from outside the ramen aisle. The Isekai Gattai line, otherworld fusion in the company’s English shorthand, went on sale nationwide in Japan today, November 9. One cup borrows Tsukiji Gindaco’s takoyaki. One borrows Koikeya’s Karamucho chili sticks. One borrows Momoya’s Gohan Desu Yo! seaweed paste. Nissin’s October release priced each at 259 yen before tax, about 279 yen with tax, and ASCII confirmed the same figures on launch day. In 2021, a Super Gattai series only mixed Cup Noodle flavors with each other. These partners come from a snack bag, a takoyaki chain, and a rice jar.

Gohan Desu Yo! is the jar worth explaining first. Momoya makes it as nori tsukudani: seaweed cooked down into a soft paste you spoon onto hot rice. The company has said this version uses aosa, a shorter simmer than its firmer Edo Murasaki line, plus soy sauce, starch syrup, and bonito and scallop extracts, so the texture stays smooth and a little sweet. The Kitchn treats the jar as an easy fridge upgrade for rice, onigiri, eggs, and toast. The name, Momoya told Precious, came when the second-generation president’s wife called out that dinner was ready: Gohan desu yo!

That paste is the point of the Seafood mashup. The formal name is Cup Noodle Isekai Gattai Series Seafood Noodle & Gohan Desu Yo!, though Nissin and ASCII also call it Sea Desu Yo! The broth starts from Seafood Noodle with extra nori. Squid, crab-stick kamaboko, cabbage, egg, and green onion float in the cup. After three minutes under hot water, you stir in a separate Gohan Desu Yo! paste packet so the seaweed aroma hits the soup the way a spoonful hits a rice bowl.

The Gindaco cup keeps original Cup Noodle soup and seasons it with dashi, aosa, beni shoga, and takoyaki-sauce notes. Press materials nickname it Kagindakonundako. Nazoniku shares the cup with octopus-style balls, egg, green onion, and agedama. A fragrant oil packet goes on last, for the smell of batter on a hot iron. The Karamucho cup, Ka-Mucho, starts from Cup Noodle Curry, then adds chile, garlic, and more savory depth. Hot-chili potato pieces sit with nazoniku and carrot. A chile powder packet finishes it in the direction of Koikeya’s snack.

For now, the cups are a Japan story. Nissin lists convenience stores and supermarkets nationwide. GIGAZINE found Amazon.co.jp case packs the same morning. North American grocery searches still show ordinary Cup Noodle, not these three, so a Weee or H Mart hunt for the mashups is early. The Momoya jar itself sometimes shows up on Weee, Amazon, and specialty Japanese shelves as a regular import. Check the live listing before you buy. If you want the anniversary cups, Japan is where they are today.