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What is airKitchen

airKitchen allows travelers from all around the world to book and experience homemade Japanese food made by authentic Japanese cooking hosts in their homes. Learn to cook classic Japanese meals and enjoy the warmth of eating around a dinner table with Japanese locals.

airKitchen wishes you to gain an unforgettable first-hand experience into the daily Japanese lifestyle and Japanese culture through our local food adventures.



How it works

Just 3 steps!

Step1 Book

Find your favorite cooking host in area closest to you and book them through our website.

Step2 Cook

Visit a Japanese local's home and learn to cook their specialty from your Japanese cooking host.

Step3 Enjoy your meal!

Eat an authentic homemade Japanese meal with your Japanese cooking host. Have the opportunity to have a genuine conversation with a local Japanese.

Explore kitchens all over Japan

You can find and eat homemade Japanese food in homes from anywhere in Japan.

Tokyo
Nagoya
Kyoto
Yokohama
Saitama
Ehime
Nagano
Sendai
Chiba

Voice from Guests


Vero, Germany
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
November 2017

"Our cooking lesson with airKitchen and Akiko-San was a fantastic experience. Being invited by a Japanese local to their home and learning how to cook Japanese dishes, including some of Nagoya’s specialities, made it possible for us to take a deep look inside the Japanese food culture and into how Japanese live and think about various topics. Our host Akiko-san taught us how to prepare many delicious dishes: “Tebasaki” (Nagoya’s local speciality, deep fried chicken wings), “Shrimp Tempura”, “Doteni” (Red miso stew) and Red miso soup. We also learned how great Japanese hospitality is. What made our airKitchen cooking experience especially great was that everything was arranged to go very smoothly. Our host even picked us up from the station and brought us back to there, and had already bought all needed ingredients for our dishes. As the AirKitchen team was also very helpful and easy to contact, nothing could go wrong! I would love to enjoy such a great cooking session again soon. Thank you very much!"



Eirin, Malaysia
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
October 2017

"We really enjoyed the whole traditional experience from the first meet up to the final goodbyes. Our host, Masako-san, was very lovely and generous. We love the udon and tempura making too! We didn't know udon was traditionally made that way. The traditional matcha drinking was an eye opening experience as well. All in all a very enjoyable experience. Will definitely go back again!"


OUR TEAM


Go Nagatsu

Co-founder & CEO

nagatsu@airkitchen.jp


Born in Japan.
3 months after birth, he left for the United States and spend my childhood in San Francisco with his family.
Experienced exchange studies for 1 year at Warwick University in the UK and specialize in business.
While studying abroad and returning to Japan, traveling around the country, visiting the friends’ home and eating home cooked by a friend's mother etc. Through those experiences, he planned a service “airKitchen” that you can eat and provide home cooking at the local people 's house.
After that, won the Chubu district business contest organized by Nagoya University.
In order to realize business idea, ZAZA Corporation was established with friends while studying abroad.
Currently he is a graduated student of Nagoya University and specialized in applied physics.
He loves to travel and have visited over 20 countries.

Takayuki Ota

Co-founder & COO

ota@airkitchen.jp


He woke up to the enjoyment of backpackers after He went to Thailand for my first overseas trip at the age of 18.
He specializes in digital maps in Nagoya University ,majoring in information Studies.
Studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in the third year and studied urban development.
After studying abroad in Sweden, He returned to Japan on the land over 70 days without using an airplane.
At that time He realizes that it is exchanging with the local people what is really important in traveling, and establish airKitchen jointly.
The motto of the trip is "to travel like living".

If you have any questions, please contact us.