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Learn Japanese home cooking with an experienced instructor
Choose 4-5 dishes to make, including udon, gyoza, and tonkatsu
Take home recipes you can recreate anytime
Explore a local Japanese supermarket for unique ingredients (optional)
Step into home chef Sayaka’s kitchen in Fukuoka and learn to make authentic Japanese dishes in a hands-on, personalized cooking class.
Choose four to five dishes from a wide menu and craft a meal that’s completely your own, guided by Sayaka’s expert instruction.
Learn to make fresh udon noodles from scratch, fry chicken for perfectly tender yet crispy karaage, or cook rice the traditional Japanese way in a pot instead of a rice cooker. You can even finish with classic Japanese desserts, such as green tea pudding or mochi, creating a sweet ending to your home-cooked feast.
Guests can select 4-5 items from the standard menu, including steamed buns filled with minced pork (nikuman), udon noodles made from scratch, pork cutlets (tonkatsu), Japanese fried chicken (karaage), ginger pork (shoga-yaki), gyoza dumplings, Japanese-style beef and potato stew (nikujaga), rice cooked in a pot, omurice, age-dashi tofu, savory egg custard (chawan-mushi), and desserts such as yatsuhashi, green tea pudding, warabimochi, or daifuku.
Due to time constraints, Udon and Pork Buns cannot be chosen at the same time.
After the class, you’ll have the option to join Sayaka on a supermarket tour, where she’ll introduce you to Japanese products and share tips for finding hidden culinary gems.
With nearly a decade of experience teaching guests to cook authentic Japanese meals, Sayaka specializes in adapting recipes so you can confidently recreate them at home.
Please note that the host has two dogs
Please inform the host upon booking if you’d like to participate in a supermarket tour after the cooking class
Please inform the host of the dishes you’d like to make in the class when submitting your booking. Please select four to five dishes
Guests can select 4-5 dishes from Sayaka’s menu, including udon noodles, gyoza, tonkatsu, karaage, nikuman, omurice, age-dashi tofu, chawan-mushi, desserts, and more. Udon and pork buns cannot be chosen at the same time.
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Pescetarian
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Gluten-free
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Kosher
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Course changes seasonally, exact dishes can't be confirmed in advance. byFood can communicate any dietary needs to the host when you book.
Ingredients for four to five dishes
A soft drink (e.g. green tea or sparkling water) during and after the class
Tour of a local supermarket (optional)
Fukuoka
Please meet your host at Yakuin-odori Station in Fukuoka. More details and a Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.
The class was amazing, we had an amazing time learning about traditional Japanese food and how to make it.
Sayaka, the instructor, was absolutely lovely, kind and talented. She also gave us a lot of great tips.
10/10, highly recommended.
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Response from SayakaSeptember 24, 2026
Thank you so much for joining my cooking class! I really enjoyed sharing and learning about our different cultures with each other.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip!
CM
Catherine MartinFebruary 2026 • byFood
My daughter and I had a lovely cooking session with Sayaka in mid February 2026. I was gifted the lessons as a birthday present and Sayaka contacted me early to choose the 4 dishes we would learn how to cook. We choose udon noodles, gyoza, omurice and pork tonkatsu. The lessons took place in Sayaka's lovely apartment in Fukuoka; the apartment was easily accessible by train. Sayaka is really lovely and speaks English well so there was no communication issues. She is a terrific cook and provided v...read more
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Response from SayakaFebruary 25, 2026
Thank you very much for taking my cooking class! We really enjoyed having you and cooking with you !thank you for the wonderful review! I was so happy to be able to share a great time with you!
PB
Paula BurnsNovember 2025 • byFood
We had a lovely afternoon learning Japanese recipes (some favorites and some easy new recipes). The home was close to the station and we were able to go through the grocery store looking at products we used, fresh fruits, meat, and fish. This was the first time we went to a person's house and we could not be happier with the experience.
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Response from SayakaNovember 04, 2025
Thank you for joining my class! I also had a good time!!