Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comTake a guided walk through Nishiki food markets and enjoy a Japanese cooking class on this small-group walking tour from Kyoto. You'll explore the back streets of Kyoto with their many interesting shops, and learn how to make Japanese home-cooked food from ingredients bought at the Nishiki food markets in an afternoon Kyoto cooking class.
You'll meet your local English-speaking guide at a central meeting spot to embark on a small-group Kyoto walking tour that will delight your senses.
During your 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. 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.
- Explore Nishiki food market, known for its variety of foods and delicatessens on a Kyoto walking tour
- Spot the many traditional shops as you stroll the back streets of Kyoto
- Visit a sake brewery museum and sample this Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice
- Learn the secrets of Japanese cooking in a Kyoto cooking class conducted in a restored 'machiya' traditional house
- Friendly and informative English-speaking guide
- Traveling in a small group for a unique and intimate experience
Kyoto Cooking Class and Nishiki Market Walking Tour
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- 2:30pm
4 hours (approx.)
Return details:Concludes at the Kyoto machiya house
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- Local english-speaking guide
- Admission to the sake brewery museum including sake tasting
- Japanese cooking class
- Dinner
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Note: In unforeseen circumstances the brewery museum may be closed. If this does occur you will be offered admission tickets to the brewery so you can visit this attraction at another time.
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