Recent Photos of this Tour
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KyotoBridge in Kyoto, Japan.Photo by: Anonymous01 2012 -
Sake breweryIn the sake brewery.Photo by: Anonymous01 2012 -
Sake breweryTouring the sake brewery.Photo by: Anonymous01 2012 -
Cooking ClassSushi made at the cooking class.Photo by: Anonymous01 2012 -
Kyoto Food marketItems available at the food market.Photo by: Anonymous01 2012 -
Kyoto Food MarketSampling at the food market.Photo by: Anonymous01 2012 -
The finished product...This is me with my finished product after the cooking lesson. Nothing beats fresh cooking, as we demonstrated by ...Photo by: Ronald M04 2013 -
Kyoto Tempura at Nishiki ...This tempura was soooo delicious! It's made fresh before your eyes.Photo by: Ronald M04 2013 -
Dinner!We made all of this ourselves... and it was delicious!Photo by: Rudy F. G03 2013 -
Useful Information
Kyoto Cooking Class and Nishiki Market Walking Tour
During a one-hour guided walk of the mile-long Nishiki covered food markets, there are many interesting food stores to explore as you help your guide buy the ingredients for your Japanese cooking class. This is a great opportunity to learn about local Japanese produce.
After visiting the markets, you'll travel through the back streets and lanes of Kyoto, to a sake brewery museum. Enjoy sake tasting as you learn how this popular Japanese alcoholic beverage is produced.
Continue to a traditional 'machiya' wooden townhouse for your Japanese cooking class. At approximately 5pm you can start cooking your own Japanese dinner, you'll learn how to make rolled sushi, miso soup and cooked salad with seasonal fruit for dessert.
After dinner the afternoon is free for you to explore Kyoto, or your local guide can assist you in returning to your hotel.
Itinerary
3:30pm: Continue through the back streets of Kyoto to the sake brewery museum for sake tasting
5pm: Your cooking class begins
6:30pm Tour concludes
Please note: The above timings are approximate and subject to change without notice
Reviewed by Ronald M, April 2013
You can learn a lot from a country from it's food and from this point of view, this tour is a window into Japanese culture that would be hard to look through in any other way. The first part ofthe tour in the Nishiki Food Market provided an eye openning expereince to the diversity of Japanese food, not only for the beginner, but for the more experienced foodie. There was plenty of time to check out all of the stalls, and the guide for this part of the tour was extremely knowledgeable and could talk about all of the types of foods in any detail that you would like. Absolutely incredible variety, with plenty of opportunities to taste great food, including extreme food tasting for the adventuresome!
The second part of the tour involved a visit to a saki brewery followed by an introduction to sake with tastings. I wasn't sure waht to expect but was pleasantly surprised. The cooking part of the tour was expertly done and I won't tell you what we cooked and ate as i don't want to spoil it for you, but just to say, that I learned so much and had a great time. There were some in the group who were not so experienced cooks, but there was no pressure and everyone really enjoyed it. A wonderful way to spend an afternoon with insights into Japan that would be otherwise hard to come by.
Reviewed by Melanie D, October 2012
Was an awesome afternoon. We were the only people on the tour!!! We got to see what we wanted and learnt so much about Japanese culture, food, drink and how to cook it. To top it off once we had done our cooking we had dinner with our teachers. We felt part of the family. We would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to experience a little of the culture once you have seen all the sights!
