Japanese Home-Style Meal Cooking Class
In this class, you will learn how to prepare a traditional Japanese home-style meal, the kind that families in Japan enjoy every day.
Menu:
Steamed rice
Miso soup
Japanese-style fried chicken (Karaage)
Rolled omelet (Tamagoyaki)
Seasonal side dish
Japanese fried chicken, karaage is made by marinating bite-size pieces of chicken in sake, soy sauce, ginger and garlic before coating them generously with potato starch. When fried, the starch turns into an ultra crispy shell encasing a flavorful juicy bite of chicken. Absolutely great with beer.
Rice is a staple food in Japan. In all most every family, there is a rice cooker. There is variety of Japanese rice brands such as Koshihikari and Hitomebore.
Miso soup is a traditional Japanese soup. It's base is "dashi" (Japanese fish stock) and Miso paste. Common added ingredients are Tofu, Green onion and deep‐fried tofu but differs by personal preference. The type of miso is different from region. In western and Easter Japan white miso is mostly used.
Cooking Details
We will start by washing and cooking rice, using either a rice cooker or a pot on the stove.
For the miso soup, we’ll use dashi (Japanese soup stock) packs and add your favorite ingredients such as tofu, seaweed, or vegetables.
The karaage (Japanese fried chicken) will be marinated in soy sauce, sake, and other seasonings before frying to make it juicy and flavorful.
The tamagoyaki (Japanese rolled omelet) will be seasoned with dashi and gently cooked in a frying pan until soft and slightly sweet.
As for the seasonal side dish, please look forward to it — it will be a little surprise reflecting the flavors of the season!
We will cook together using simple ingredients and seasonings.
You’ll learn the small details that make Japanese meals.
If you like, we can also arrange the meal in a bento box.
After cooking, let’s enjoy the meal together with Japanese tea in a relaxed atmosphere.
I have been running a café at my home near Arashiyama in Kyoto.
I want people from overseas to learn not only about famous Japanese cuisine,but also the Daily cuisine.
Then, I want you to be able to cook Japanese cuisine at your home.
My lesson is including from pick you up to send you place which you want to go.
Let's have fun together!
The closest station
Saga Arashiyama Station
How to get to the station?
From Kyoto Station : 10mins
Free pick up service
This host can pick up you for free from the closest station!
Exact location provided after booking.
Alice, Italy
★★★★★Minori is an excellent teacher and can speak English very well. By following her suggestions, we cooked miso soup, tamagoyaki, karaage (fried chicken), spinach with sesame, and boiled rice (that is, a typical Japanese dinner composed of five different small dishes). We think that the class is suitable for all levels, which is great because also simple amateurs can have fun and learn during it. In our opinion, the most technical part was cooking tamagoyaki, but it was not difficult following Minori's advice. We were so happy with our cooking class that we bought a little pan for tamagoyaki before coming back home. In terms of schedule, we met at a train station at 17:30, then went to a supermarket to do some shopping together (Minori was also very helpful in suggesting some food and items to buy and bring home, such as dashi packs and miso paste); then, the cooking class started at about 18:00, and we had our dinner at 19:15. Overall, it was a very informal, relaxing, and informative activity. If we had the chance to spend more days in Kyoto, perhaps we would have also taken another class. Minori, arigato gozaimasu!
Mar 2026
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Response from Minori
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It costs 8000 per person.
Please go to Saga Arashiyama Station which takes 10 mins from Kyoto Station . Then Minori (host) will pick you up there!
Duration of this cooking class is 2.5 hours.
Up to 4 people can join Minori's cooking class.
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.
