Home Cooking

Overview

Japanese restaurants continue to grow in popularity around the World with Japanese food renowned for being healthy and nutrituous and using only the freshest ingredients. The meals the Japanese eat at home certainly live up to all these standards but the style of food is a little different and on this experience you will learn all about home cooking.

You will visit a typical Japanese home and enjoy the company of a Japanese family whilst learning all about home cooking in Japan. On this fascinating programme you will first go shopping at a local supermarket where fresh, local ingredients for lunch will be bought. Your host will then teach you how to prepare a traditional Japanese meal. After lunch you can chat over Japanese green tea.

This is a fabulous chance to learn more about both home cooking in Japan and how Japanese families live.

When:
As a rule the home cooking experience is available all year round. However, as this takes place at somebody's home holiday periods such as New Year and Obon (mid August) may not be available.

Where:
The home cooking experience is available in Kyoto and can be included as part of any itinerary that visits the city.