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Japanese Home Cooking Lesson with Local Hosts in Peaceful Kyoto Suburb Otsu
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3 Hours
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Offered in: Japanese, English
Overview
Your host Hisako learned to cook from her mother and sister and is passionate about sharing Japanese home cooking with travelers using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her other passion is music - Hisako studied classical music at the Guild Hall School of Music in London for two years. Her husband Atsuo has a tech consulting office in Kyoto and is a match maker between high tech companies in USA and Japan.
Your cooking class will begin with a short introduction to miso, a fundamental element of Japanese cooking. There are many kinds of miso and Hisako's introduction will help to demystify the varieties and their usage. You will learn to make 2-3 authentic Japanese dishes with Hisako in her kitchen that you will later share at the dining table in their modern Japanese home.
Your experience will end on a musical note, with Hisako playing and singing one of her favorite songs.
What's Included
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Beverages
- Private cooking class + meal with your hosts Hisako and Atsuo
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
Please meet Atsuo-san at the only exit of Ono Station on the JR Kosei line. It is located in the North Otsu prefecture and is a 30-minute train ride from Kyoto main station. From Kyoto main station, take the JR Kosei line (going towards Omi Maiko) from platform 3 and get off at Ono. Here is the location of Ono Station on Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/bAbV95S8WEF2, Atsuo-san will be waiting for you here at the exit. Please do NOT go to the Ono Station in Kyoto. Meet your host at the Ono station on the JR Kosei line located in the Otsu prefecture, outside Kyoto.
Start time
11:00 AM
End Point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Hisako and Atsuo’s home is located in the residential and suburban Otsu prefecture – a local and peaceful town right outside of Kyoto. Hisako and Atsuo will welcome you into their beautiful home, decorated with flowers from their garden and photographs of their family taken throughout the years they have lived there. The living and kitchen area have an open-plan, are bright and feature a western-style dining table used in summer and a sunken, kotatsu – a traditional, low, heated table that they use in winter. The special flooring around the kotatsu opens up, allowing visitors to hang their legs beneath it instead of having to cross them.
Dishes that you may cook together are miso soup, egg roll and octopus nuta salad or tempura. You can expect the cooking portion of the experience to last about an hour and a half.
Additional Info
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- Private, personalized experience
- Please note, this is not a commercial cooking class, rather this experience is a visit into an Otsu home to meet locals who are expert cooks, and share Japanese culture and cuisine together.
Operated by Traveling Spoon Seattle
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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