Private Character Bento Cooking Class Near Shinjuku Gyoen
Learn to make kyaraben — cute character-themed bento lunches — with a certified cooking instructor in this family-friendly class only a few minutes from the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Highlights
Learn how to make cute boxed lunches shaped like your favorite characters in this family-friendly cooking class with a licensed cooking expert
This class can accommodate gluten-free, pescatarian, vegan, vegetarian, and halal-friendly options (ingredients are not halal-certified)
Enjoy cooking only a few minutes from the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, a wide green area near several train stations in central Tokyo
Customize your meal: You can request to make specific characters or ask your host for suggestions
10 meals
Experience Details
Transform your favorite cartoon characters into cute edible creations in this character bento cooking class. A kawaii Japanese tradition, character bento (known as kyaraben for short) is a fun way to venture into Japanese cooking while creatively decorating a packed box lunch inspired by pop culture. Let your host know what characters you’d like to make or ask her for recommendations, and get ready to cook and enjoy a healthy, cute, and delicious lunch.
This class can accommodate several dietary restrictions, so you can ask your host upon booking if you’d like to make it gluten-free, pescatarian, vegan, vegetarian, or halal-friendly (please note that ingredients are not halal-certified, but the host can avoid using pork and alcohol in the recipes, and take measures to prevent cross-contamination.)
Experience flow:
-Meet your host at the cooking school
-Your host will introduce the recipes and explain the procedure
-Watch your hosts demonstration and get cooking
-Enjoy your delicious creations for lunch with water, tea, and miso soup
Your host, Kaori, is a licensed cook with extensive experience teaching character bento classes for children and adults, even working on character-bento-related projects for magazines and TV. She uses her experience and knowledge to craft lessons that are both fun and creative for the whole family to enjoy.
This cooking class is only a few minutes from Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. One of the city’s most popular green areas, this vast garden offers beautiful sights throughout the seasons right at the heart of central Tokyo, for which it is worth visiting any time of the year.
Inclusions
Cooking lesson
All ingredients & utensils
Water, tea, and miso soup
A certified cooking instructor bilingual in Japanese and English
Exclusions
Transportation to and from the venue
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Meet your host at the venue, located 500m (about 8 minutes on foot) from Sendagaya and Kokuritsu-Kyogijo Stations, or 1km from Shinjuku-gyoenmae Station (15-min walk). More detailed information and a Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.
Remarks
If you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions, please specify so at the time of booking.
Participants under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
Participants will not be allowed to take the character bento lunch to go.
Please refrain from wearing strong perfume.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 2 days before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Experience Location
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