Private Home-Style Cooking Class in Osaka with Local Mom Yoshiko

5.0
(63 reviews)

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3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: Japanese and 1 more

Join your host Yoshiko in her kitchen and learn to prepare 2-3 Japanese home style dishes from scratch! Yoshiko will have you start by showing you how to make dashi stock, the Japanese foundation that most dishes are based on. You will learn how to use dashi instead of water when preparing Japanese cuisine to bring out the umami flavor of each dish. You can expect the cooking portion of your experience to last about an hour before you sit down to enjoy the meal you helped prepare. Yoshiko will also share printed recipes with you, so you can recreate the dishes you learned at home.

This is a wonderful way to get a glimpse into the life of a Japanese local and experience the country's culture and cuisine first-hand!

Example Menu

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Menu 1: Mother's Taste

Traditional home-style meal (teriyaki chicken or steamed salmon and vegetables with sesame miso sauce, Japanese dashi egg roll, miso soup and rice)

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Menu 2: Gyoza with side dishes

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Menu 3: Okonomiyaki with some side dishes

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Yoshiko offers one of 4 choices (in the sample menu) for your meal

Please let her know your preference at least 3 days in advance. If she doesn't hear from you, she will prepare option 1 (Mother's taste menu).

What's Included

Plum wine (or local beer if requested in advance)
Private cooking class and meal with your host Yoshiko
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meet at Yoshiko's home in Takarazuka, 30 minutes by train from central Osaka. Take the Hankyu Takarazuka Line from Hankyu Umeda Station to Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station. From the station, Yoshiko’s home is about a 10-minute taxi ride away. Exact address & Google Maps link can be found in your voucher.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional Japanese culture and cuisine. Learn to prepare 2-3 Japanese home style dishes from scratch in Yoshiko’s kitchen. Yoshiko will start by showing you how to make dashi stock, the foundation for most Japanese dishes. Learn to use dashi instead of water when cooking to bring out the umami flavor of each dish. You can expect the cooking portion of your experience to last about an hour before you sit down to enjoy the meal you helped prepare. Yoshiko will share printed recipes with you so you can recreate the dishes you learned. Please note that the experience ends at Yoshiko's home.

Yoshiko offers one of 4 choices below (in the sample menu) for your meal. Please let her know your preference at least 3 days in advance so she can shop accordingly. If she doesn't hear from you, she will prepare option 1 (Mother's taste menu).

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • Meeting Point: Meet Yoshiko directly at her home in Takarazuka, 30 minutes by train from central Osaka. Take the Hankyu Takarazuka Line from Hankyu Umeda Station to Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station, a journey of approximately 30 minutes. From the station, Yoshiko’s home is about a 10-minute taxi ride away.
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