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Private Market Tour and Cooking Class with Kanae, a Sapporo Local
4.9
13 Ratings
Sapporo
Explore Sapporo's markets and cook traditional Japanese dishes with Kanae. Discover local flavors and culinary secrets in an immersive, hands-on experience.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Sapporo Fushimi Inari Shrine - Kanae will give you a market tour of the Sapporo Morning Market (closed on Wednesdays and Sundays) and Jogai Market adjacent to Sapporo Central Wholesale Market. Explore regional produce at these local markets with Kanae and purchase a few fresh ingredients to use in your cooking class. After the market tour, Kanae will drive you 15 minutes back to her home where you will enjoy your cooking and meal experience together. 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.
Please Note: 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.
What's Included
- Private market tour and cooking class with your host Kanae
- Lunch
- 1-2 glasses of local alcohol
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- Gratuities
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
- Menu 1: An authentic Japanese meal - Teriyaki chicken, - kinpira-gobo (sweet and salty cooked burdock root), agedashi tofu (deep fried and seasoned tofu), Japanese pickled vegetables, and miso soup
- Menu 2: Local dishes from Hokkaido - Soup curry, - chan chan yaki, rice-stuffed squid, and pork donburi
Additional Information
Join Kanae for a market tour of Sapporo Morning Market and Jogai Market, before heading to her kitchen to learn how to prepare traditional Japanese dishes such as kinpira-gobo (sweet and salty cooked burdock), agedashi-tofu (deep fried and seasoned tofu), miso soup.
A US college graduate, Kanae is a fun host who loves to share stories about how locals live and eat. She is eager to accommodate your request for menus so let her know when you make a booking request. She is also happy to introduce Hokkaido dishes such as soup curry, chan chan yaki and kaisen-don (donburi of fresh seafood) instead of typical homestyle menus.
Originally from Kamakura, Kanae and her husband and two daughters have lived in Sapporo for over a decade. Influenced by her mother who was a great cook, Kanae has always loved food and cooking. Having lived in Hokkaido that boasts the best produce in Japan, Kanae appreciates and enjoys cooking with locally sourced fresh, native vegetables, fish, meat and seasonings.
- 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
Maruyama Koen Station
Meet your host Kanae in front of a convenience store called LAWSON. After you get off the train at Maruyama-koen station on the Tozai subway line, take Exit #4, go upstairs and meet your host at the store on your left.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(13 Ratings)
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Anthony_s
Feb 10, 2024
Great tour for a foodie - Great opportunity to learn the different dishes from a Sapporo local! Very fun and highly recommend if you are a foodie
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Jacqueline_c
Dec 6, 2023
Learn cooking and culture from a local - Kanae was very personable. I was the only one in the experience that day so we walked around the local markets and she had explained things to me and answered my questions. After we were done walking around, we went back to her home in the hills with a beautiful view of the city.
This was such a good experience because I got to see what a typical Japanese kitchen looked like. I've often taken cooking classes that are in cooking schools in different countries which have great but different vibes. It's not often you have the opportunity to experience a different culture authentically as a foreigner.
Kanae had the recipes printed out so I could follow and help cook. While we cooked I asked her questions about Japanese culture and I was impressed by how much she knew about American current events. While this was meant to be a cooking lesson and we did cook, it felt like a cultural experience and I appreciated my conversation with her so much. The food was delicious and I'm making it when I get home.
We made miso soup, spinach gomaae and chanchanyaki.
Kanae is super sweet and a great conversationalist. I recommend this experience to anyone who is interested in learning how to cook local dishes or learning more about Japanese culture in general.
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Marien611
Oct 10, 2023
Honeymoon - So fun! Takoyaki party with Kanae 😀 Great to try and make typical Japanese dishes. She gave us tips ahead of the day for what we could make and had prepared the ingredients according to our wishes. We started the day at the food market. Kanae helped us explain what things were and how it was normal to prepare the various ingredients in the Japanese kitchen. I tasted almost everything that was offered to me. The fruit from Hokkaido in particular was absolutely fantastic. We got to make miso soup, onigiri, spinach and takoyaki at Kanae's house. Very unique experience!
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Monica_f
Oct 10, 2023
Fun Experience, Delicious Meal - The time with our host, Kanae-san, was wonderful. She's very pleasant and personable. The meal was delicious, and, we got to take hone the recipes for each dish we made.
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Eli_a
Jul 23, 2023
If you like to cook, this is a ‘must try’ experience - Amazing tour with Kanea - she knows the local spots outside of the tourist markets and shares her love for food. Fantastic experience, highly recommend.
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D5788uemichaels
May 13, 2023
Great host, gochisousama - Kanae is a delightful and knowledgable host. She is very personable and I enjoyed getting to know her. I will try to copy what we cooked when I return home so I never forget this experience!
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David_g
Mar 26, 2023
Eating with Kanae in Sapporo! - We truly enjoyed spending time with Kanae in her home and the food was amazing! The food was delicious and we learned how to make local dishes. The market tour was very interesting and we wanted to know more about the seafood in the markets.
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Taylor_d
Mar 6, 2023
Great way to spend half a day in Sapporo - Kanae was an excellent guide and teacher. She took us to Sapporo Central Market, a nice alterative to the Nijo Ichiba market. Showed us how to prepare and cook gomae, agedashi tofu, miso soup with mushrooms, and two fish preparations. Had a lot of fun cooking and chatting Kanae.
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Coadventuretraveler
Feb 4, 2020
Fantastic - A really fun morning of touring local markets followed by a relaxed experience cooking traditional Japanese cuisine. Kenae was the perfect host! Truly a highlight of our time in Sapporo.
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Dreamer562050
Oct 10, 2023
Cooking in Sapporo - A fun experience where you learn to cook traditional Japanese dishes. We think this was absolutely great, and also got to visit the market down in the center before we went up to Kanae's home and cooked the food. The only thing I missed was a little more elaboration on why it was done this way and that way. Other than that, this was a fantastic experience. Recommended!
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