Bento Box Cooking Class in Kyoto: Learn Traditional Japanese Meal Crafting

Join a 3-hour cooking class in Kyoto and learn the art of crafting a traditional Japanese bento box meal. Master chefs will guide you in creating delicious dishes and you get to enjoy your own creation!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cooking Sun - Morning Bento Class is a great way to learn about typical Japanese dishes such as sushi, tempura and miso soup. In addition, you will learn the cultural background of the well-known Japanese ‘Bento’. During the 2.5-3 hour class, we will demonstrate and explain the tricks to making these beautiful dishes and then you will give it a try. After you finish cooking, you will enjoy the bento lunch you just made!
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • All cooking ingredients provided
  • Apron supplied
  • English-speaking cooking instructor
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
  • Gomaae Sesame Salad
  • Miso soup
  • Teriyaki Chicken
  • Tempura
  • Sushi roll
Additional Information

The bento box is a classic element of Japanese tradition. It’s often considered the ideal meal: each partition of the box could hold an egg roll, rice, pickled veggies, breaded chicken, and even a savory miso soup. The term ‘bento’ originates from an older Japanese word that means ‘convenient’, and this compact meal solution undoubtedly fits the bill….

Location
Cooking Sun
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Road01118576975
Oct 16, 2024
Fantastic bento box cooking experience - Efficient, informative, hands on bento box cooking. We covered sushi, miso soup and at least 3 other dishes. The women were helpful and fun. Highly recommend.
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Moira_a
Oct 5, 2024
Great experience - We loved our bento box cooking class. The chefs were friendly and helpful and we picked up som great tips for making it again at home. The food we made was delicious!
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E4966rbpauld
Sep 4, 2024
Very enjoyable and highly recommended - Mae and Tashi were wonderful hosts and teachers and the class was a lot of fun. Bento was tasty and we leaned a lot! Definitely recommend this!
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Wander17164644323
Aug 28, 2024
Fantastic family experience - Had an amazing private bento box cookery class as a family with my 14 and 11 year old sons. May, our teacher, was fantastic, very knowledgeable, patient and friendly. We all had a fantastic morning and surprised at how nice our lunch, that we made, turned out! One of the highlights of a fantastic trip and has motivated my boys to cook more.
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499zhand
Aug 27, 2024
My kids ask me to review this class - 3hrs well spent! It was calm and relaxing yet we made 4 dishes from scratch. it was really fun. My 11 and 13 year old boys really enjoyed it. They have 2 people in a family sharing equipment sometimes which is good or bad depends on the stage of the kids are in. Overall it's fantastic. And for the price you get a lot out of it.
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Dingo_dude
Aug 18, 2024
Great experience and tasty results - We booked into a bento box cooking class with Cooking Sun in Kyoto. My culinary skills are fairly basic, so I wasn't expecting miracles. It was really well set up and organised. The instructors, great communicators who spoke fluent English, walk you through step by step on how to make each of the individual dishes that make up your bento box. The experience was so much fun and at the end you get to eat what you've made - which in my case was actually delicious. They catered for all dietary requirements and adapted the dishes accordingly. Would highly recommend if you enjoy cooking and want to learn some Japanese recipes and techniques!
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Fumikops
Jul 11, 2024
Good food, fun time! - A fun way to spend 2 hours! This activity exceeded my expectations. Learned a lot about Japanese dishes, ingredients, & techniques. Instructors demonstrated some more technical tasks for us like the rolled egg, rolling the maki sushi & were there helping us every step of the way for each dish. Everything was so efficient and organized! Having a small group (9 total) allowed us to get individualized attention. Dishes are easy to make & we are excited to try them at home. Instructions & recipes printed for us to take home.
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Ajal2017
Jun 23, 2024
Wonderful Cook Class - We loved our morning cooking class and was surprised how good our Bento Boxes turned out! It was due to the great demonstrations and help by the staff. I enjoy doing cooking classes when visiting other countries and this one was no exception. A wonderful way to spend a morning and with a delicious lunch at the end.
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Mwm5062
Jun 9, 2024
Fun Kyoto Cooking Experience - This was a fun cooking class and a great introduction into some traditional Japanese cooking methods and the iconic bento box. The instructors were great and made sure everyone was having fun and following the steps in the cooking and were very helpful if anyone needed any help. Highly recommend for anyone looking to learn about Japanese cooking while in Kyoto!
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Famvacation2016
Jun 6, 2024
Best Cooking Class Ever! - I did this class with my 22 year old son and it was fantastic. They staff makes the cooking so fun and interesting, the time few by. A great thing to take home…knowledge of how to make some of the foods we loved in Japan! I can’t recommend this experience enough!
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From $65
up to 4 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).