Kanako Kubo

Venture into Iya Valley, a remote area of Shikoku, and learn to cook a traditional dish! In this hands-on cooking class, you will make the popular delicacy hirarayaki and grind locally-grown matcha tea leaves for a fresh cup of tea.

Get together with friends and family to explore the traditional cuisine of Tokushima’s remote Iya Valley! Eat stone tofu (iwadofu) with friendly locals and grind fresh tea leaves with a traditional stone mortar.

Soak in the tranquility of farm life in Tsurugi, Tokushima and make traditional dumplings in a cooking class taught by friendly locals at a farm that’s part of the region’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.

The terraced mountains of rural Iya Valley provide the perfect backdrop for this farm to table cooking experience in Shikoku! Harvest vegetables and turn them into a meal guided by a friendly farmer who will teach you traditional local recipes.