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Traditional Wagashi Japanese Sweets Making in Tokyo
Learn how to make beautiful and intricate wagashi, traditional Japanese sweets!
Highlights
Learn how to make wagashi, traditional Japanese sweets
Enjoy making intricate wagashi with the help of an expert
Take your creations home as a souvenir
Enjoy your wagashi with a cup of matcha tea
10 meals
Experience Details
Enjoy the sweeter side of Japanese culture by making wagashi! Wagashi are traditional Japanese confectionery intricately made with beautiful and delicate designs and is a main component of the Japanese tea ceremony. Within every morsel of wagashi is a story waiting to be told, carefully crafted and designed to reflect Japan’s nature and the four seasons.
Feel the seasons and tradition as you make your own wagashi. The process is fun, simple, and guided by an expert to ensure your creations are as intricate and beautiful as the professionals. It also goes in delicious harmony with Uji matcha green tea, which you can enjoy with wagashi after the experience.
Feel free to take your lovely creations home. You will also receive a certificate of completion to take home, a lovely souvenir for the experience.
What You Get
Good To Know
- Shoes will be removed in the venue. Please wear socks or stockings.
- Experience is about 2 to 2.5 hrs.
- Classes accommodate parties of 2 to 6.
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
Meet your interpreter outside of Toritsu-Daigaku Station (TY06) and go to the class from there. A Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 48 hours 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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10 meals
Only two stops from Shibuya is Sangenjaya, a retro area bustling with shops and cafes in Tokyo’s Setagaya district. Learn to make nerikiri sweets with Sakura, a certified wagashi instructor, and enjoy your treats with matcha tea in her tatami room!
A delicate craft, learn the art of wagashi and transform a mixture of sweet bean paste and mochi into delightfully artistic sweets! These sweet creations are complemented by the cup of matcha tea that you’ll also learn to whip up.
Make strawberry daifuku and hanami dango mochi sweets with a wagashi expert in Setagaya district’s Sangenjaya, a bustling local area with retro shops and cafes near Shibuya. Enjoy your chewy treats in your host’s traditional tatami tea room!
With the careful guidance of a certified wagashi expert, you can learn how to make nerikiri wagashi, or, as we like to call it, edible art. Shape the dough into a seasonal motif and enjoy with a cup of freshly brewed matcha.