Authentic Japanese Home Cooking Experience in Kamakura

INTRO:

If you love Japanese food and wish to learn how to prepare it for yourself then naturally Japan is a great destination to explore this much-loved cuisine. Japanese Cooking Classes often involve home visits to see first-hand the preparation of healthy, tasty Japanese food. Participants learn the secret of Japanese foods, including the fifth and less recognisable taste of Umami. By joining one of the classes you will become immersed in Japanese food culture and experience a variety of unique Japanese cooking styles. You will always remember the cooking class as being a highlight of your trip.

You will visit a local home to experience and enjoy a real Japanese meal with a professional Japanese cook Mariko.

WHAT YOU WIILL EXPERIENCE:

• Instead of restaurant dining, enjoy a home-cooked meal in Kamakura
• Experience how locals live and dine in the city
• Experience and enjoy a real Japanese meal with a professional Japanese cook Mariko.
• Choose between a lunch or dinner option

FOUR FEATURES OF AUTHENTIC JAPANESE CUISINE “WASHOKU”:

1. Respect of the each various and fresh foods characteristic is considered
2. Healthy eating habits, excellent in nutritional balance
3. Expression of a change of season and natural beauty
4. Close relation by annual events, all year around

Mariko Nakamura is a professional cook
Growing up with a restaurant owner and chef as a father, Mariko was instilled with a love of food and cooking from a young age. She studied not only Japanese food, but many world’s cuisines to get to understand and know the differences from Japanese food. She is a nutrition expert and recipe creator who teaches all kinds of Japanese cooking classes in English from her modern home in Kamakura. She also runs the catering company Shokuart.

• Professional Cooking instructor
• Expert in nutrition
• Food sanitation manager
• A foodie

COOKING CLASS:

• Lunch class starts at 10:30AM
• Dinner class starts at 4PM
• Sit down lunch or dinner in an authentic Japanese setting
• All ingredients
• All the recipes

MENU:

• 1 x main dish
• 2 x side dish
• 1 x miso soup
• 1 choice of Japanese white rice or brown rice (+300 Yen)

WHAT YOU WILL BE COOKING FOR MAIN DISH:

If you are the first group who made the reservation of the requested date, you would have a right to choose which one to cook for the main dish of the day. Here are a few example of main dishes that you can choose from:

• Oyako-don (chicken and egg)
• Shouga-yaki (ginger pork)
• Ton-jiru (pork miso soup)
• Saba no Miso-ni (boiled mackerel with miso flavor)
• Tempura (vegetables)
• Sukiyaki (beef)
• Zou-sui (rice in a soup)
• Maki-zushi (sushi roll)
• Nori-maki (sushi hand roll)

PRICE PER PERSON: (The currency in Australian dollar)

• A$150
  ※Children younger than 5 years of age are free of charge

*You can cook additional main dish at an additional charge of A$35 yen per one menu.
* If you have the food to which you are allergic, you must tell us before you make a reservation.

GROUP SIZE:

• Min. 1 person
  Max. 5 persons
• Please note that there may be other participants.

LAUNGAGE:

• Programs are offered in English

MEETING PLACE:

• Address: 4 Hisagi, Zushi-shi, Kanagawa
• Take the city bus from Kamakura station, take a bus number 40 or 41 from 7 stand and please get off at “Hisagi-nishi-couji”.
  ＊Meeting point is at “Hisagi-nishi-couji” bus stop.
  Mariko’s house is one minute from the stop.

HOW TO BOOK:

1. Please ask us for availability through ‘CHECK the availability’ button and make sure to write the number of people, date/time, nationality, food allergies and a program title.
2. We will check the availability and come back to you within 2 business days
3. Payment request will be sent to you
4. You can then use ‘BOOK this tour’ button to make your payment through our secure booking system
5. Reservation is done upon receiving your payment. Confirmation e-mail will be sent to you

PAYMENT:

• Fees shall be paid through Paypal. Currently no other payment method is accepted.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

• Reservations may be cancelled without charge up to 8 days prior to the program date.
• Reservations cancelled less than 8 days before the program date will incur the following charges:
  -Up to 7 days before the class: 50% of the program charge
  -Up to 3 days (72 hours) before the class: 80% of the program charge
  -Up to 2 days (48 hours) before – The class of the current day and No-show: 100% of the program charge
  *Time is in JST

CONDITION:

• Please advise us, in advance, if there are any religious or health restrictions, allergies, or any case where special care is needed when you ask us for availability.