MAKE, TASTE & TAKE HOME
• Your Own Miso — About 400g to Take Home
Make miso, Japan’s traditional fermented soybean paste, with guidance from a Japanese chef. Take home approximately 400g in a plastic container. Allow about six months for it to mature in a dark place; refrigeration is not required during this maturation period. It is not ready to eat on the day you make it.
• Dashi & Seasonal Japanese Cooking
Discover dashi, the savory stock behind many Japanese dishes, and prepare seasonal food using miso and dashi. The dishes vary with the season. Vegan and vegetarian options are available.
• Handmade Onigiri
Shape your own Japanese rice balls and enjoy them as part of the meal we share together.
• Japanese Sake
Explore a variety of Japanese sake alongside your meal. Unlimited sake is included in the experience.
Your two-hour experience includes hands-on cooking, a shared meal, Japanese sake, and approximately 400g of handmade miso to take home.
Onigiri is a Japanese comfort food made from steamed rice formed into the typical triangular, ball, or cylinder shapes and usually wrapped with nori(dried seaweed). Stuffed with a a variety of fillings and flavors, these rice balls make an ideal quick snack and are a fun alternative to sandwitches for lunch.
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.
Japanese popular alcoholic drink must be Sake, or called Nihonshu, made from fermented rice. The foundation of good sake is quality rice, clean water, koji mold and yeast. Premium sake differentiates itself in quality of ingredients and production process, so that flavors ranges light and crisp to richer, fruity notes.
Bring home more than a souvenir: make your own miso and discover the flavors of Japanese home cooking with a local family in Tokyo.
Join Kiyoto, a chef and restaurant owner, and his mother, a Japanese chef, for a relaxed two-hour experience at our restaurant in Ryogoku, Sumida. English guidance is available, and no cooking experience is needed.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Start with a friendly introduction to miso, dashi, and Japanese food culture. Make your own batch of miso, learn to prepare dashi, cook seasonal Japanese dishes, and shape onigiri rice balls. Then sit down together to enjoy the food you have made and explore Japanese sake.
WHAT YOU WILL TAKE HOME
Take home approximately 400g of your handmade miso in a plastic container. Let it mature for about six months in a dark place. Refrigeration is not required during this maturation period. Your miso will continue to develop after your visit; it is not ready to eat on the day of the class.
DIETARY OPTIONS
Vegan and vegetarian options are available. Please let us know your dietary preferences in advance. For allergies, please contact us through airKitchen before booking so we can confirm whether the menu is suitable for you.
GETTING HERE
Our restaurant is about a seven-minute walk from Ryogoku Station on the Toei Oedo Line. The exact meeting location is provided after booking.
Make traditional Japanese miso with a Japanese chef and take home approximately 400g in a plastic container. Let your miso mature for about six months in a dark place; refrigeration is not required during maturation. This hands-on miso-making activity is the heart of our experience.
KIYOTO
Hi, I’m Kiyoto, a chef and restaurant owner in Tokyo. I trained in Australia for two years before returning to Japan, and now run restaurants in Ryogoku and Otemachi. Fermentation and dashi are central to the food I love to cook.
My mother is also a Japanese chef. Together, we share the flavors of Japanese home cooking through hands-on miso making, seasonal dishes, and onigiri.
I love meeting people from around the world and sharing Japanese food culture. Join us at our restaurant in Ryogoku for cooking, conversation, and a meal together. English guidance is available, and beginners are welcome!
The closest station
Ryogoku Station (Toei Oedo Line)
How to get to the station?
From Ryogoku Station (Toei Oedo Line): 0mins
Exact location provided after booking.
Up to 6 people can join KIYOTO's cooking class.
Yes, Make Your Own Miso in Tokyo: Family Cooking & Sake has a vegan option.
It costs 10000 per person.
Duration of this cooking class is 2 hours.
Yes, Make Your Own Miso in Tokyo: Family Cooking & Sake has a vegetarian option.
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.
