Private Cooking Class with Kanae

Join Kanae in Sapporo for a hands-on Japanese cooking class. Learn, cook, and savor traditional dishes in a luxurious home setting.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 2 days learn more
Highlights
  • Sapporo - This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Kanae will welcome you into her comfortable family home located in one of the most peaceful and luxurious residential areas of Sapporo. Sip on a welcome drink as you immerse yourself in local Hokkaido culture and get to know your host Kanae as she shares stories about herself, her family and living in Hokkaido. Join Kanae in her open kitchen to learn to prepare a traditional homemade Japanese meal. You can expect the cooking portion of your experience to last about 1-1 1/2 hours before you enjoy the meal you helped prepare together.
What's Included
  • Private Japanese cooking lesson with your host Kanae
  • Homecooked meal
  • 1-2 glasses of local alcohol
  • Non-alcoholic beverages
  • Gratuities
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
  • Miso soup
  • Teriyaki chicken
  • Kinpira-gobo (sweet and salty cooked burdock)
  • Agedashi-tofu (deep fried and seasoned tofu)
  • Sunomono (Japanese pickled vegetables)
Additional Information

Join your host Kanae in her open kitchen and learn to prepare a traditional, homemade Japanese meal! Kanae will welcome you into her comfortable family home located in one of the most peaceful and luxurious residential areas of Sapporo. Sip on a welcome drink as you immerse yourself into local Hokkaido culture and get to know your host as she shares stories about herself, her family and living in Hokkaido. You can expect your hands-on cooking lesson to last about 1-1.5 hours before you enjoy the meal you helped prepare together. Your authentic Japanese meal might include dishes such as teriyaki-chiken, kinpira-gobo (sweet and salty cooked burdock), agedashi-tofu (deep fried and seasoned tofu) and miso soup. This is a fantastic opportunity to experience true Japanese culture and cuisine first-hand. Don’t hesitate - your heart and stomach will thank you!

  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Vegetarian and Vegan options are available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Private, personalized experience
  • Kanae is happy to introduce Hokkaido dishes instead of typical homestyle menus, if you are interested in any of those.
  • Please note that Kanae’s car can fit up to 5 people including the driver (max 4 guests), so if you are a group of 5 or more you will need to use a taxi and have it follow Kanae’s car to her home, after meeting her at the station.
Location
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Meet your host in front of a convenience store called LAWSON close to the Maruyama-koen station on the Tozai subway line take Exit #4, go upstairs and meet your host at the store on your left. She will pick you up from here in her car and will drop you off at the same location after your experience.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 2 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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(17 Ratings)
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The_o
Oct 3, 2023
We made tasty Udon and Tempura - We had a most lovely time with Kanae, she is a great chef and a great host. She taught us how to make udon from scratch and how to make tasty crunchy tempura. We then sat down and at it all!
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Deew623
Sep 4, 2023
Fun Good Food! - We had a great time with Kanae. She picked us up right on time and it was a short drive to her house. My wife is vegetarian. We let Kanae know a head of time and she tailored the menu for us. It was delicious! We would definitely do it again on our next trip!
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Ling_s
Jun 14, 2023
Wonderful meal - Kanae is such a sweet and wonderful host and great cook. She’s nice to talk to as well. I’m so glad to have signed up for this class. It feels more like meeting up with an old friend. Thankful for this session which wraps up the end of my trip nicely. ❤️
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506drus
May 10, 2023
Jessie "The Great" - Jessie at Super eight in Redmond Oregon 3629 SW 21st Place was Super Duper! Cheery and quick and helpful. She deserves a raise! She's worth it and More! Just delightful help! I wanted to hug her she was sooo nice! Gave us "the skinny" got us a ride from the airport and treated us like royalty.She won my loyalty to Super 8 Wyndham in Redmond Oregon! Just got here what a great start to our journey to have such a lovely nice person helping us! She got us all set up and spent time explaining things even though her shift was almost over! Kudos to her Super 8 is blessed to have her! (And we are not related although I'd LIKE to claim her)
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Adventurer748566
Feb 25, 2023
Great experience! - My son and I had a wonderful time with Maeda-san! She picked us up at the train station and drove us to her home to learn how to make home-style hokkaido corn butter Ramen. She is a lovely person and we enjoyed the whole experience of spending time with her and learning to cook. Highly recommend!
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Thndnh
Dec 20, 2019
Excellent Experience! - Kanae was a fantastic host. We learned a lot about local Japanese cuisine and had a lot of fun cooking with her. Would definitely recommend it! Kanae, thank you for inviting us into your home and a perfect evening!
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Leonard
Nov 17, 2019
Great Cooking and Cultural Experience with Kanea - Kanea was a excellent hostess. She took us on a tour of the Nijo Market and then back to home. There she shared recipes and cooked a wonderful lunch of Japanese favorites. While this transpired, we had great conversation about Japanese cultural, her family, and time while a student in the U.S. Awesome experience
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Sandy
Nov 17, 2019
Cooking with kanae - Fun and informative. Japanese family home style dinner. She showed us how to make it in a simple way.
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Tom
Nov 7, 2019
Cooking in Japan - It was a unique experience. We were taught how to cook and make some dished which we also had for dinner!! Delicious!! Our host was very accommodating!
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444paulv
Nov 13, 2019
A really nice experience - Four of us enjoyed this experience. Our host was very attentive and we worked through a whole range of dishes - combined with a beer!
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