Private Wagashi Class in Yokohama: Make Mochi & Nerikiri
Make and taste several Japanese sweets in this mochi and nerikiri wagashi class taught by a certified instructor in Yokohama.
Highlights
Gain an appreciation of mochi and wagashi’s essential role in Japanese culture and traditions
Make popular mochi desserts and get creative designing nerikiri with seasonal motifs
Receive in-depth explanations on ingredients and downloadable recipes to use at home
Prepare matcha green tea to enjoy with your sweets
Located in a quiet residential area in Yokohama
10 meals
Experience Details
Japanese confectioneries (wagashi) play a key role in tea ceremonies and charm with their delicate sweetness, seasonal designs and intricate presentation. In this private casual Japanese sweets-making class, you’ll learn to shape and design several wagashi sweets, helped by a certified instructor and wagashi expert.
After a warm welcome into her home, your host, a certified wagashi instructor with the Wagashi Promotion Association, will first give you a presentation on mochi and its role in traditional Japanese ceremonies. A mom of three, she’s lived abroad in China and the US and is passionate about cultural exchange. She knows how to make learning new cooking skills fun!
After the presentation, you’ll make three-colored dango (a popular snack during cherry blossom viewing season in the spring). Next, whip up the popular fruit daifuku, another type of mochi confection that is one of the most popular desserts among participants in this class. After that, you'll make two nerikiri wagashi with seasonal motifs. The main sweet served in Japanese tea ceremony, nerikiri is made from white bean paste and mochi.
Finally, relax and enjoy your wagashi with a fresh cup of matcha green tea of your own making as you get to know your host and ask her all your pressing questions about the sweet world of Japanese confectionery.
Experience flow:
- Listen to a presentation on mochi and traditional Japanese ceremonies
- Make three-colored dango
- Watch a mochi demonstration for daifuku
- Make fruit daifuku
- Watch a demonstration on making nerikiri
- Make nerikiri using seasonal motifs
- Whisk matcha green tea
- Take photos
- Enjoy your sweets and tea
Inclusions
Two skewers of tricolor dango and two pieces of fruit daifuku
Two pieces of nerikiri
Matcha green tea
Apron and hand towel to use during class
Downloadable recipes
Exclusions
N/A
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Meet your host directly at the kitchen studio, a 20-minute walk from Azamino Station in Yokohama (Kanagawa). Further information and a Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.
Remarks
Children aged 3 or younger who don't participate in the experience are welcome to join for free
Children 4 years and older must pay for the experience
Parents and guardians are asked to note that a gas stove and hot water are used in the cooking process, and are requested to be careful when participating with children.
All participants, including accompanying adults, are required to book the experience in order to join.
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
Nestled below the bustling city of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture is as diverse in its environment as its food is delicious; Kanagawa offers Chinese street food and craft beer in Yokohama and fresh seafood from Kamakura and Enoshima, as well as natural beauty and mountainous produce in the hot spring town of Hakone near the base of Mount Fuji.
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10 meals
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