Tour a local market in Osaka and learn how to make your favorite Japanese foods in a fun cooking class with a friendly Japanese-American host who is a takoyaki restaurant owner. Great for families!
Our menu will become a whole surprise depending on what we catch at the market! The host Max will kindly give all the suggestion what to make depending on what you buy out of the given budget!
Highlights:
Learn how to make your favorite Japanese food, and enjoy a delicious meal with tea and a seasonal dessert in a spacious and modern cooking studio with an incredible view of Osaka!
Explore a local shopping street and cook a delicious meal of your choosing with a bilingual host who is a takoyaki restaurant owner. The menu is flexible and can be adapted to your dietary needs
Absolutely family-friendly! Kids are welcome to join the lesson or simply play in a kid’s area with toys and video games during the class
The meeting point is Matsuyamachi Station in central Osaka, which can be reached in less than 30 min from Osaka Castle and Osaka Station by train.
Experience Details:
Join Samurai Max, a bilingual instructor and takoyaki restaurant owner, in a unique local exploration of Osaka’s foods and flavors. Away from the tourist crowds, this tour starts with a stroll through a shopping street where residents go grocery shopping. See daily life in Osaka while Max shows you around, answering any questions you may have about Japanese products. You’ll then go to his modern kitchen studio where you’ll cook and enjoy the dish of your choice.
Do you fancy okonomiyaki, or perhaps ramen? Maybe you’re vegan or have a gluten-free dietary requirement. This cooking class will be tailored to your dietary preferences and needs, so please let your host know what kind of foods you’d like to make and what your restrictions are, and he’ll take care of the rest. The menu is completely flexible, so choose your favorite foods from Japan (or Osaka!) and enjoy cooking and eating in Max’s spacious cooking studio with a great city view. The meal includes Japanese tea and a seasonal dessert.
Itinerary:
-Meet Samurai Max at Matsuyamachi Station
-Tour a local shopping street
-Learn to cook your favorite Japanese foods
-Enjoy your meal with tea and a seasonal dessert over a conversation with Samurai Max, while enjoying the stunning view of Osaka from the studio
This experience is perfect for families looking for a fun activity to connect with Osaka’s gastronomy away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist circuit, solo travelers with dietary requirements, groups of friends who would like to spend time together — all kinds of travelers will enjoy this cooking and eating experience with Samurai Max!
Meeting Point: Matsuyamachi Station Exit 3. Meeting Instructions: Matsuyamachi Station is relatively close to the center of Osaka. From Shinsaibashi Station: Ride on Osaka Metro Nagahori-Tsurumiryokuchi Line (Light Green N Line) and ride 2 stations away to Matsuyamachi station. Make sure to ride the train that goes to “Kadoma-Minami Station” as its destination. The ticket should cost 190 JPY. Go up to exit 3. Meet at Exit 3 of Matsuyamachi Station. If you find “Lawson” convenience store right at your corner, you came out of right exit. Your guide will be holding a sign that says ‘Samurai Cook’.
If you happen to be late with your lesson and the guide will not be there for you: You need to find our cooking class by yourself. The guide will need to take the people who came on time to the cooking class, so you need to walk from the station to our class. Once you arrive to Exit 3, turn around 180 degrees so that Lawson will be on your lefthand. Walk straight and you’ll hit a path with a roof. Walk through the roofed path for 2 blocks and find a roofed shopping arcade on your left. Take a left toward the arcade and once you entered the arcade and find the supermarket Sanko, immediately take a right and get out of the arcade. Go up the hill and you’ll find the apartment building on your right that says “Samurai Cook” on room #1301. Maps Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2axHEAQop5hYDxne6 Host Email: samurai.cookers@gmail.com Host Phone Number: 090-4208-6280
Before we start our class right away, we'll have a little ice break time and have some fun chat to know each other. No need to be nervous, your host will be a good comedian of the day!
We'll go ahead and stroll to our nearby local marketplace, "Karahori Market". We will provide you certain amount of budgets to buy your ingredients. Max will guide you where to buy all the traditional Japanese ingredients such as tofus, sashimis, and even wagyu beefs in very cheap price!
Not only we have to complete our mission to buy some ingredients, let's enjoy the walk of history of this Osaka's local market! Max will explain all about the different stores they have and their highlights! Some stores are over 250 years old and they are running it for 8 generations!
Max will figure what to make out of your favorite ingredients and communicate with you what you want to make together! You'll have several chances to perform your own cooking once Max teaches you the thorough instruction. Make your one and only Japanese menu. Be creative and express yourself through cooking!
Now the most fun and tasty part! Let's eat what we made! Not only to learn by hearing what the tradition and history of Japanese foods, but we definitely have to taste it! We'll eat and chat around after we're done with our class, and the host will surprise you with Japanese desserts and green tea, and believe it or not, there is more to it to take home!
My name is Masato Uenishi, Max as my nickname. I lived in state (NY) for 25 years, then moved to Japan and staying here for 14 years. I do teach English to Japanese people, as well as teaching Japanese to foreign people for not only grammars and languages support, but telling them the bicultural experiences and knowledges that I had in my life, as my side business. I normally host Airbnb, own a restaurant, and also live as a life coach/consultant in Japan. I used to work as a part-time sushi chef back in NY, and was interested in cooking since high school. I owned a Hawaiian restaurant in Osaka, now I have a Takoyaki bar restaurant close to Dotonbori, one of the famous area in Osaka. I normally love to cook for my family everyday, and love to teach how to cook in English and/or in Japanese.
The closest station
Matsuyamachi Station
How to get to the station?
From Shinsaibashi Station: 5mins
Free pick up service
This host can pick up you for free from the closest station!
Exact location provided after booking.
It costs 110 per person.
Yes, Osaka Local Market Tour & Cooking Class has a vegan option.
Duration of this cooking class is 2.5 hours.
Up to 13 people can join Max's cooking class.
Yes, Osaka Local Market Tour & Cooking Class has a vegetarian option.
Please go to Matsuyamachi Station which takes 5 mins from Shinsaibashi Station. Then Max (host) will pick you up there!
You will receive the confirmation within 24 hours.
We accepts these cards on airKitchen.
Cancellations up to 48 hours prior to the class begins will be fully refunded by the airKitchen cancellation policy.
