Do you want to have a new experience of color, fragrance and taste when traveling in Japan?

It is also a good choice to try hand-made local cuisine when traveling to Tokyo!

We recommend a DIY itinerary for the three major Japanese dishes in Tokyo. You can stand at the sushi bar and knead nigiri sushi, or come to a private house to learn Japanese home cooking, DIY exquisite wagashi, get close to authentic Japanese food, and learn more about Japanese food culture!

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[Tsukiji] Tsukiji Tama Sushi - Harumi-dori store hand-made nigiri sushi and hand rolls

Can you imagine yourself standing in front of the counter in a white robe and making sushi professionally?

Come to "Tsukiji Tamama Sushi" Harumi Dori store, let you easily become a sushi chef and experience Japanese sushi culture!

Become a sushi chef to experience nigiri sushi making, and then enjoy the nigiri sushi you made yourself, it tastes extra delicious!

(Photo source: ⒸTama Sushi Co., Ltd.)

The Edo-mae sushi chain store "Tsukiji Tamama Sushi" was founded in 1924. It is the world's (Japan) first famous sushi handroll store. Currently, it mainly exhibits stores in popular areas in central Tokyo such as Tsukiji, Ginza, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku.

In the store, you can enjoy fresh nigiri sushi made from the fish that the craftsman bought from the fish market in the morning, marinated tuna marinated in secret sauce, and tender and fluffy boiled conger eel are all popular items.

Founded in 1924, Tsukiji Yu Sushi is a well-known Edo-style sushi chain store in Tokyo, and it is the world's (Japan's) first sushi hand roll restaurant.

(Photo source: ⒸTama Sushi Co., Ltd.)

In addition to tasting the freshest sushi dishes in each store, the Tsukiji Tamama Sushi Harumi Street store also offers two different courses of nigiri sushi making experience. Passengers who sign up will wear white robes and stand under the guidance of experienced sushi chefs. At the sushi bar, enjoy the fun of making nigiri sushi and sushi hand rolls. You can also learn about the history of sushi and the etiquette of eating sushi during the course. Of course, you can enjoy the nigiri sushi you made yourself at the end.

After the experience, participants can also get commemorative photos, sushi napkins, ukiyo-e coasters and other souvenirs (the contents of the souvenirs are subject to the items provided on site).

At present, the experience course is an appointment only, and it is only implemented at a specific time from Monday to Saturday, and the experience is not implemented on Sunday and national holidays.

In addition, the entire experience will be explained in Japanese, so participants must participate with an interpreter.

Nigiri sushi making experience is only available by appointment, and it is currently only available at certain times from Monday to Saturday.

(Photo source: ⒸTama Sushi Co., Ltd.)

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Tsukiji Tamama Sushi Harumi Street

Address: Tsukiji B1-2F, Tsukiji 2-15-19, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Tel: 03-3541-0022 (reservation reception time 14:30-17:00)

Experience start time: Weekdays 10:00 30～, Saturday 09:30～ (Not applicable on Sunday and national holidays) ※Experience time is 90 minutes

Website: https://www.tamasushi.co.jp/experience-en/

【Shinjuku】Mayuko's Little Kitchen

learns to cook Japanese food in a private house

It should be a very novel experience to cook authentic Japanese home cooking in the kitchen of a Japanese home!

Influenced by the mother of a professional cooking teacher, Mayuko's Little Kitchen's good cooking skills are favored by tourists both at home and abroad. With the enthusiastic and easy-to-understand teaching method, the classroom has been awarded the famous travel review website Tripadvisor in the past 7 years. Selected as the No. 1 cooking class in the country in the hearts of tourists visiting Japan, and has been awarded the "Certificate of Excellence" for 6 consecutive years.

The owner of Mayuko's Little Kitchen, Mayuko Okada, is deeply influenced by her mother, who is also a professional cooking teacher.

(Photo source: ⒸMayuko's Little Kitchen)

The English cooking class "Mayuko's Little Kitchen" is located in a residential area next to Shinjuku Gyoen, a popular cherry blossom viewing spot. The manager, Mayuko Okada, revealed that she met a pair of overseas tourists who regularly returned to Japan to taste Japanese cuisine, and she opened the cooking class. Motivation, and most of the recipes she taught came from her grandmother and mother, which are the daily dishes of ordinary Japanese families.

She also hopes to let overseas tourists know more about Japanese life and culture through Japanese home cooking.

The cooking class is made in small classes, with about 6 students in each class. You can learn how to make Japanese soup, vinegared rice, sushi rolls, Japanese fried dumplings, ramen and other Japanese dishes in the Japanese kitchen.

In addition to teaching cooking methods, Mayuko Okada also teaches the characteristics of Japanese ingredients and Japanese food culture.

Enthusiastic teaching has been affirmed by the well-known travel review website Tripadvisor, and has been awarded a certificate of excellence for 6 consecutive years.

(Photo source: ⒸMayuko's Little Kitchen)

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Mayuko’s Little Kitchen

Tel: 080-3502-2005

Website: https://www.mayukoslittlekitchen.com/

【Meguro】The Suyari Table wagashi expert

guides exquisite desserts

Tourists who love Japanese desserts can also make exquisite desserts such as wagashi, strawberry Daifuku, mochi dumplings, etc.!

Miyuki Sukai, who has various professional qualifications such as wagashi art lecturer and bean paste decoration lecturer, has lived overseas for many years and is the manager of the English cooking class "The Suyari Table".

The manager of The Suyari Table, Miyuki Su, has lived overseas for many years and is fluent in English, and has a variety of qualifications as a wagashi lecturer.

(Photo source: ⒸThe Suyari Table)

Out of interest, Miyuki Suzaki started making cakes and other desserts since elementary school, and then continued to learn more about cooking, and opened a cooking class at home in 2014.

The cooking class mainly provides wagashi making experience courses for overseas tourists. During the wagashi making process, you can learn to make exquisite desserts such as flower-shaped wagashi, strawberry Daifuku, and mochi dumplings; there are also advanced lectures for students who want to obtain the qualification of wagashi lecturers course.

The Suyari Table offers a one-day wagashi making course suitable for beginners, as well as an advanced course for obtaining the qualification of a wagashi instructor.

(Photo source: ⒸThe Suyari Table)

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The Suyari Table

website: https://suyaritable.weebly.com/

https://www.simplyoishii.com/in-person-classes.html

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