Bento Making Class in Tokyo: Prepare a Japanese Lunchbox
Learn how to make bento boxes like a local as Yuki-san, your host, teaches you to cook four traditional recipes before you get to take home your very own traditional Japanese lunch box.
Highlights
Learn four recipes to make a traditional Japanese bento, either a fried chicken karaage or a tender ground chicken soboro bento
This Japanese home cooking class takes place at a renovated traditional kitchen in Tokyo’s Bunkyo ward, near Hon-Komagome, Hakusan and Sengoku Stations
Learn about Japanese food and culture from your local host who will share four traditional recipes
Take home your own bento box, chopsticks and a chopstick rest as a souvenir
10 meals
Experience Details
Bento boxes are traditional packed meals made with several beautifully arranged foods. Bento are not just visually beautiful and deliciously fresh, but also a staple of daily life in Japan. In this bento box-making class in Tokyo, you’ll be taught what goes into making each element of this intricate meal and how to arrange it in your very own bento box, which you’ll take home as a souvenir.
Your host, Yuki-san, is a local Tokyo home cook passionate about sharing her culture with cooking enthusiasts of all backgrounds. The bento-making experience takes place in what used to be Yuki-san’s grandmother’s kitchen, now fully renovated and reinvented as a Japanese home cooking school. The classes are focused on sharing recipes passed down for generations, with Yuki-san walking you through the equipment, utensils and ingredients used to create authentic dishes.
During this bento cooking class, you’ll can choose among two types of bento, each containing four different elements:
1. A karaage (fried chicken) bento with onigiri rice balls, tamagoyaki (Japanese-style rolled omelet) and kinpira (braised burdock root). Comforting, delicious and packed with proteins.
2. A soboro bento with seasoned tender ground chicken, nikudango (Japanese-style meatballs), isobeage (a kind of fried fish cake) and braised burdock root (kinpira). A classic bento assortment with a great variety of flavors.
After the cooking portion of the class, you’ll learn how to place each element in the bento box. Yuki-san will share her photography tips for your picture-perfect bento. You'll leave this cooking class with a wealth of recipes, and take home your traditional lunch box, chopsticks and chopstick rest.
Inclusions
All ingredients and utensils
Recipes and instructions in English
A bento box, chopsticks and a chopstick rest
Exclusions
Transportation to and from the venue
Additional purchases
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Meet your host at Alleyway Gourmet Lab in Honkomagome, a 3-minute walk from Hon-Komagome Station or an 11-minute walk from Hakusan Station and Sengoku Stations. A Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.
Remarks
Please arrive 10 minutes before the experience start time
Please don't wear strong perfume or cologne
Guests must be over 100cm tall to join this cooking class
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 2 weeks before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Experience Location
Over 14 million residents call Tokyo home. Functioning as Japan's economic and cultural center, it's no surprise the metropolis often appears at the top of travelers' bucket lists. Here, you can find everything from traditional tea houses to futuristic skyscrapers.
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