Bento Food Experiences

Exceptionally friendly and authentic. Totally loved it !!

This experience in Yawatahama completely was so memorable. We came to pick mikan and make marmalade and left with so much more. Yoko-san and Gen-san are incredible hosts. Their farm and restaurant are so special and you can see the care and effort put into growing and harvesting Mikan and making marmalade. Naomi-san’s English interpretation was great and let us connect with everyone beyond just learning the process. Our tour guides from Yawatahama tourism were also amazing. Everyone answered all our questions about the mikan, the marmalade making process, and the farm. Picking mikan straight from the trees and then turning them into marmalade was so fun and fulfilling. The food prepared fresh from the restaurant was delicious and picnic style meal overlooking the sea was lovely. The whole day felt relaxed, genuine and so authentically Japanese. We would love to come back again, hopefully during peak season in November. If you’re visiting Ehime or Shikoku, or honestly even japan in general, do not skip this experience. 🍊

Very much enjoyed our class Very personal with only 4 participants The chef and her assistant were knowledgable and gracious Great experience

I had a great experience with Mika's class, she is an extremely kind and experienced instructor. I really enjoyed learning how to create a bento from A to Z. Fully recommend!

Mika did a great job teaching me how to cook various Japanese dishes! It was fun learning how to cook, and it was fun eating what we cooked! I highly recommend her cooking class!

We loved this workshop so much. The space is beautiful and so inspiring. We ended up taking a long watch on the trail through persimmon groves and found so many gems along the way including a magical in home tea house. Make the trip! It’s worth it.

It was a great family activity, and a great addition to our focus on food in Osaka. It was fun and we learned at lot. We went out in the following days in search of some of the tools and have plans to make bentos together back home. Instructor was friendly, funny, and informative. It will be a lovely memory

We enjoyed a great time and a wonderful meal. Thank you for teaching us preparing a bento box, with all fresh ingredients.

It was fun to create dishes that were new to me such as sushi and tempura shrimp. The master chefs show us how to cook in many different ways.

It was fantastic! Our hosts were warm, knowledgeable, and welcoming. They explained a lot, let us try different things, and shared great tips. Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience with a lovely group. Thank you! We’d be happy to come again.

It was verry personal and sweet, I felt at home! Great hospitality, a verry nice couple, and exeptional food. It felt more like cooking with a friend than a workshop and I got a lot out of it.

I had a great time learning how to make bento containing onigiri, karaage, tamagoyaki, along with some vegetables. I have very little experience with cooking, but Yuki-san was very patient and helpful, and made sure that I did most of the work myself so that I could properly learn the process. She explained the recipe for each part of the bento, how and where the recipe can vary between families, and why she makes the choices she does. She clearly has lots of experience and was able to condense it so that I could understand. The kitchen was very large and clean. It can easily hold multiple people at once. All of the ingredients were beautifully prepared ahead of time, along with printed copies of the recipes. After cooking all the food, Yuki-san helped me in preparing and decorating the bento box which I then ate out of to finish the day. The food was very good despite me making it. The flavors were very simple and delicate as Yuki-san explained is common in Japanese food. The food tasted very clean and fresh, even the fried karaage. Yuki-san is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about cooking and sharing her culture through food. Her English is very good and I was able to clearly understand and communicate with her. Her recipes are also very thoughtful and delicious. She even gave me a small gift of a Japanese-style kitchen towel before I left. I definitely would like to attend another of her classes again in the future, and would highly recommend attending!