Nishiki Market & Supermarket Tour with Donburi Cooking Class
Explore a local old & new Kyoto market and then return to the cooking studio to make a Japanese donburi (rice bowl)!
Highlights
3-hour Kyoto Nishiki Market and supermarket tour with cooking class
Take a short trip to a local Kyoto supermarket and learn about Japanese ingredients
Go to the cooking studio and begin the cooking class, choosing to make either gyudon or oyakodon
Enjoy the finished product alongside sake, wine, and beer from a local brewery (optional, not included in the price)
Find out expert tips and techniques from the cooking instructor
10 meals
+Experience Details
If you’re curious about the local supermarkets of Kyoto but are intimidated by the endless rows of unknown ingredients, this Kyoto market tour and cooking class is the perfect introduction to Japanese supermarkets and home cooking! You’ll get a tour of the famous Nishiki Market and a local supermarket in the center of Kyoto and learn about Japanese ingredients, then go to the cooking studio with your new loot to whip up something delicious in the kitchen.
You’ll have a choice of making either gyudon (beef donburi) or oyakodon (“parent-and-child” donburi). A donburi is a bowl of cooked rice which is topped by another Japanese food. In addition to gyudon and oyakodon, there are also varieties such as katsudon (topped with tonkatsu, pork cutlet), tendon (topped with tempura), and many others! In the Kyoto Market & Supermarket Tour with Donburi Cooking Class, the gyudon will be made with wagyu (Japanese beef). Or, if you choose to make oyakodon, it will be made with free range chicken and eggs. You can also choose to make it vegan, vegetarian, or halal.
Menu:
Your choice of either
(1) gyudon (Japanese beef bowl made with wagyu beef) OR
(2) oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl made with free-range chicken)
If you are vegan, vegetarian or halal, we will use tofu instead of meat.
What You Get
Good To Know
- Please be on time to the class
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
The cooking class takes place in a 140-year-old machiya. Address will be shared upon booking confirmation. It is located just a 2-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station (Tozai Line & Karasuma Line, Kyoto Municipal Subway).
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Experience Location
The bustling Downtown area of Kyoto is the heart of the city, loaded with hotels, artisanal shopfronts, specialty restaurants, and hidden bars. With pleasant surprises around every corner and alleyway, before the Kamo-gawa River to the east lies the beautiful old town architecture of Pontocho, nestled in alongside the local izakaya and lively club scene. The enormous Teramachi and Shinkyogoku shopping arcades run north to south, intersected by the famous Nishiki Markets (“Kyoto’s Kitchen”), while delicious department store basements bubble below with tasty regional samples.
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10 meals
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