Tokyo Izakaya-Style Cooking Class with Ingredient Shopping





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Guided tour
Meals included
- Discover Tokyo's cozy izakaya culture as you cook bar-style small plates, pairing each dish with sake, Japanese beer, or soft drinks included.
- At your scheduled start time, meet your certified MagicalTrip guide and group, then begin with a shopping stop to choose ingredients for class.
- Move from prep to plating across five simple Japanese dishes, then sit down together for a relaxed dinner built entirely from what you have just made.
- From first chop to final bite, the pace stays easy, with photos taken for you and recipes to help you recreate these izakaya dishes back home.
- Cooking experience and dinner
- Expert guide
- Ingredients
- 3 cans of alcoholic or soft drinks
- Shopping experience
- Tour photos
- Additional food and drinks
You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.
Join an evening Tokyo night cooking class to prepare 5 home-cooked Japanese dishes with drinks included and a certified local guide.
Getting started
Check in at the designated meeting point and meet your certified guide from MagicalTrip, who introduces the Tokyo Night Cooking Class and the plan for the evening. After a short briefing on the izakaya-style menu, you follow your guide on a shopping experience to pick up fresh ingredients. Once everything is ready, you head to the kitchen space where your cooking experience and dinner begin.
What to expect
Tokyo night cooking class: 5 home-cooked Japanese dishes
This Tokyo Night Cooking Class focuses on izakaya-style small plates, paired with drinks, in an evening setting. You learn to prepare 5 home-cooked Japanese dishes designed to match casual drinking culture, using recipes built around easy-to-find ingredients so you can recreate them later.
Features
- Experience Japanese home drinking culture through a hands-on izakaya-style cooking class, learning how people in Japan enjoy food and drinks together at night. Small Japanese dishes are prepared specifically to pair with sake, Japanese beer, or other drinks while you cook.
- A complete cooking experience and dinner is included, with step-by-step support, so no prior experience is needed. Solo travelers, food lovers, and those who enjoy cooking together can all expect plenty to cook and enjoy in this single-session class.
- Ingredients are provided from start to finish, beginning with a guided shopping experience where your expert guide helps you choose what you will cook with, then using those ingredients in the kitchen for your 5 dishes.
- Your booking includes 3 cans of alcoholic or soft drinks, so you can enjoy sake, Japanese beer, or non-alcoholic options as you cook and eat. Sake tasting and other alcoholic beverages are available only for guests aged 20 and over, in line with Japanese law.
- A certified guide from MagicalTrip leads the entire experience as your expert guide, explaining Japanese home drinking culture and supporting you through each recipe. Tour photos are taken during the session, so you receive tour photos afterward without needing to step away from the cooking.
- The experience is ideal for food lovers, sake or beer fans, and anyone curious about Japanese home-style izakaya dishes. Recipes rely on easy-to-find ingredients, which makes it straightforward to recreate the dishes at home after your evening in Tokyo.
What's not allowed
- Wheelchairs and strollers: This tour is not wheelchair accessible and not stroller accessible.
- Pets: Pets are not suitable for this tour and cannot join.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Not wheelchair accessible; some locations on the itinerary cannot be accessed by wheelchair.
- Stroller access: Not stroller accessible; some locations cannot accommodate strollers.
- Mobility considerations: This tour is not recommended if you have walking difficulties; consider booking a private tour instead.
Additional information
- Age requirement: This tour is open to participants aged 6 and above.
- Knife and heat use: Steps involving knives and heat are only for guests aged 12 and over, under parent or guardian supervision.
- Drinks for adults: Sake tasting and other alcoholic beverages are only served to guests aged 20 and over, in line with Japanese law.
- Vegetarian option: Vegetarians are welcome, and ingredients and cooking processes are arranged accordingly.
- Dietary limits: The tour cannot accommodate vegan or gluten-free diets.
- Allergies and restrictions: Allergy-free food or specific dietary needs cannot be guaranteed, as partner kitchens are used.
- Menu changes for no meat and eggs: If you cannot eat meat and eggs, your menu will be reduced from five dishes to three.
- Menu changes for no eggs: If you can eat meat but not eggs, your menu will be reduced from five dishes to four.
- Substitutions: Substitutions may not be possible at some stops, but efforts will be made to adjust at other stops.
- Group size: There may be other participants joining your cooking class.
- Start time: The tour starts on time, and late arrivals cannot join or reschedule.
- Summer heat: Summer in Japan is very hot and humid, so bring water and wear a hat to help prevent heat stroke.
- Please check your final voucher for the redemption details and specific instructions.
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
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