Ramen noodles used as a spa treatment in Japan

Ramen noodles are a staple of the Japanese diet as much as sushi and tempura and the spa, which specializes in amusement baths that include dips in chocolate, wine and sake, decided the popular dish should be added to the menu.

Visitors enjoy the "soup noodle spa" at the Hakone Yunessun Spa on April 19,  2008 in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The spa, which has previously  offered customers spa baths filled with chocolate and Beaujolais wine, is  celebrating their 10 millionth visitor since their opening in 2001 with the noodle spa until June 30. (April 19, 2008 - Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Because of health regulations, the Yunessan spa in Japan's hot spring town of Hakone does not use edible noodles.

Instead, noodle-shaped spa treatments are placed in bath water that contains elements from pork broth supplied by a nearby noodle shop.