Delicate, beautiful, and delicious, Japanese wagashi sweets are a quintessential part of Japanese culture and a part of the ritual of any Japanese tea ceremony.

On your next trip to Nagoya, Japan’s industrial capital city, why not learn how to make your own Japanese sweets?

Join a Nagoya Sweets Making Class with Tea Ceremony to do just that. This class offers the opportunity to learn how to make a range of Japanese sweets from scratch, diverse in their flavors and textures, and then enjoy them with a humbling Japanese tea ceremony experience.

You’ll be welcomed into the traditional wooden-style Japanese home of your cooking instructor, complete with tatami straw mats on the floor as well as traditional architecture and decor.

You’ll be cooking your Nagoya sweets in a renovated Japanese storehouse (a “kura”), a traditional building which is over 105 years old. Before you make your sweets, you’ll explore the vegetable patch and peaceful Japanese garden on-site.

Next, you’ll learn all about different types of Japanese sweets, ingredients, and processes in a demonstration, before jumping in to make your own by hand. It’s traditional, delicious, and aesthetically-pleasing!

After making your Nagoya sweets, you’ll enjoy them with a Japanese tea ceremony.

Your instructor for this immersive cooking class is qualified, and holds a tea ceremony certificate. She also has a wide range of knowledge, including information on Chinese herbal medicine and health benefits of herbs, macrobiotic dishes, and macrobiotic sweets.

Your friendly instructor is not only well-informed about Japanese sweets, but Japanese cooking and health as well, and is more than happy answer questions you might have!

Enjoy the ambiance and ritual of a tea ceremony, and then take any delicious sweets home with you as a beautiful souvenir.