Food Experiences(847)

Make some of Japan’s most beloved home cooking staples with a gluten-free, vegan and organic take in this fun cooking class with a professional Japanese chef and restaurateur in Nishi-Nippori, a short train ride from Ueno and Akihabara.

Satisfy your sweet tooth by making traditional wagashi Japanese sweets in downtown Nagoya! Your hosts Yuka and Hitomi will teach you to make 3 types of seasonal wagashi, which you’ll enjoy with freshly brewed matcha green tea.

Prepare and enjoy a classic Japanese combination: udon noodles and freshly fried tempura. Cooking specialists Yuka and Hitomi will teach you the secrets of Japanese cooking in this family-friendly class 15 minutes from Nagoya Station by train.

In this fun, family-friendly cooking class, you’ll learn to make delicious ramen and gyoza, two popular Japanese dishes which also pair deliciously well together. Learn from two experienced local cooking experts and make unforgettable memories!

Make memories and put your cooking skills to the test in this family-friendly sushi cooking class only 15 minutes by train from Nagoya Station! Choose to make chirashi, maki, or nigiri sushi guided by local cooking specialists Yuka and Hitomi.

The blue waters of the Seto Inland Sea serve as the perfect backdrop for this upscale ramen-making class with a professional ramen chef in Momoshima Island in the coast of Onomichi. Make and enjoy delicious ramen with a stunning ocean view.

The old town of Takayama in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture perfectly captures the charm of rural Japan. In this walking tour, you’ll explore a food and craft market, learn the city’s history, and taste sake and foods guided by a local.

Hida Furukawa is known as Gifu’s little Kyoto due to its traditional townhouses and charming canals with colorful carp. Delve into the town’s local gastronomy in a fun, family-friendly cooking class and enjoy a delicious meal in a repurposed machiya!

Taste the flavors that have made Osaka food famous in this custom food tour of the city where you’ll explore Kuromon Market, Dotonbori district, and the Hozenji Yokocho alley with a knowledgeable local guide and interpreter.

Tour Tokyo’s side streets and experience the flavors and faces that define dinner for millions of locals. This custom private tour includes several Japanese foods, dessert, and drinks, picked according to your preferences and dietary needs.

Enjoy the thrilling atmosphere of a tuna auction show in an izakaya restaurant in Asakusa! Bid on your preferred tuna cuts, which will be prepared and served to you on the spot, and enjoy them with ramen, yakitori skewers, drinks, and more.

This family-friendly tour is an exploration of Kyoto’s cuisine, history, and culture! Taste Kyoto street foods at Nishiki Market, visit a local shrine, and discover Japanese history through fun, immersive activities at the Ninja Samurai Museum.

Only an hour from Nagoya is the coastal town of Nishio, famous for its artisanal miso-making. Here, you’ll explore a brewery with over 100 years of history as you learn all about miso, a key ingredient in Japanese cuisine.

In this leaf-to-cup tour in Nishio, Aichi, a leading tea producing area with hundreds of years of history, you’ll visit a tea farm, dress up in traditional tea picking clothes, taste several kinds of Japanese tea, and take part in a tea ceremony!

Explore Asakusa at your own pace in this private foodie bike tour. See the Sensoji Temple and the Ryogoku Sumo Stadium, and stroll along a shopping street, stopping for traditional snacks along the way. Gluten-free and pescatarian options available.

Learn the traditional way to make Japanese miso, a fermented paste used in everything from ramen to desserts, in this workshop in Hiyoshi, Yokohama, where you’ll also taste different kinds of miso and enjoy a delicious homemade lunch.

Meet contemporary Japanese lacquerware master Naoya Takayama in his Hiroshima studio for an insider’s view of the craft. Discover his original techniques, paint lacquer under his personalized instruction, and take home a souvenir by the artist.

Step into a 50-year-old sushi restaurant in Shizuoka, where you will learn to transform fresh fish into nigiri sushi and maki rolls with a chef specialized in the centuries-old tradition of Edomae sushi.

Uotake Sushi restaurant in Shizuoka elevates the classic combination of sushi and tea with this pairing of fresh Edomae sushi and Shizuoka’s famous teas blended by a chashi tea master.

Feel right at home in this home cooking lesson with a Tokyo local specializing in hospitality. Tour a local market, learn to make miso ramen from scratch, and prepare a homemade Japanese mochi sweet (fruit daifuku) for dessert.

Enjoy Tokyo’s lively nightlife in this sake-themed outing that includes touring sake-related shrines and temples while learning about their history and customs, then clinking cups of sake with locals in two izakaya restaurants.

Indulge in a four-dish omakase dinner expertly paired with sake in this Shibuya dining experience. Enjoy four different dishes, each paired with a specific type of Japanese sake, while learning about Japanese cuisine and history from a sommelier.

Recreate classic Osaka street foods in this cooking class taught by sisters Arisa and Maya less than 15 minutes by train from Osaka Station! Learn to make okonomiyaki, Osaka’s soul food, and yakisoba, a popular stir-fried noodle dish.

Learn to cook a Japanese deep-fried pork cutlet dish (tonkatsu) with a side of miso soup, and a juicy fruit-filled daifuku mochi for dessert in this fun cooking class hosted by Arisa and Maya only a short train ride from Osaka Station.

In this private experience, you’ll tour the bustling Tsukiji Outer Market in search of fresh fish and wasabi, then travel to the quiet district of Heiwajima to learn the art of sushi making and enjoy a fresh sushi meal.

Feast on tempura, wagyu beef, and other izakaya dishes and wash it down with refreshing sake as you explore the hidden eateries led by a local guide in this food tour exploring Nakano, an entertainment hub west of Shinjuku in central Tokyo.

In this private cooking class in Fukuoka, you can choose to make either maki sushi, temari sushi or masu sushi, learn to fry tempura, and enjoy different kinds of Japanese sake with your homemade meal, along with matcha green tea.

Make your own Japanese home cooked meal in this private cooking class in Fukuoka. Choose between temari, maki, or masu sushi, learn how to arrange hot pot ingredients to look like a bouquet, make spring rolls, and enjoy different kinds of sake.