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Japanese Home Cooking Lesson with Local Hosts in Peaceful Kyoto Suburb Otsu

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Japanese Home Cooking Lesson with Local Hosts in Peaceful Kyoto Suburb Otsu

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Cooking class and lunch (2-4)

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Cooking class and lunch with your hosts Hisako and Atsuo.

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Highlights

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.

Itinerary

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.

What's included

INCLUDED

All taxes, fees and handling charges
Alcoholic Beverages
Lunch
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Beverages
Private cooking class + meal with your hosts Hisako and Atsuo

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Hotel pickup and drop-off

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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.

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  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Tiếng Việt
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  • 简体中文