Things to do in Tokyo, Kanto: The Best Food & Drink

June 14, 2021 Margarita Chappel

Tradition collides with pop culture in Tokyo, where you can reverently wander ancient temples before rocking out at a karaoke bar. Wake up before the sun to catch the lively fish auction at the Tsukiji Market, then refresh with a walk beneath the cherry blossom trees that line the Sumida River. Spend some time in the beautiful East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, then brush up on your Japanese history at the Edo-Tokyo Museum. Don’t forget to eat as much sushi, udon noodles, and wagashi (Japanese sweets) as your belly can handle.
Restaurants in Tokyo

1. Michi Travel Japan

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Michi Travel Japan

We specialize in customizing private tours in Japan according to your interests and needs. We have been serving for the guests from all over the world, including business/marketing travel, family travel, anniversary trip/honeymoon and more special occasions.

2. Japanese Cooking Class Tokyo: Washocook

2-2 Soushin Bldg. 6F, Yotsuya, Shinjuku 160-0004 Tokyo Prefecture +81 90-1849-7240 [email protected] http://washocook.jp/
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Japanese Cooking Class Tokyo: Washocook

【The Japanese Home style Cooking Class in English】 In my Japanese cooking class, I gonna introduce you how to make a Japanese cooking in English. 〈Traditional Japanese Cuisine with a chef〉 I’ll teach you how to make washoku—traditional Japanese cuisine—and together we'll cook four delicious, easy-to-make dishes. First, we’ll prepare dashi, a simple seaweed-based stock that is the cornerstone of our country's cooking. 〈Chara-ben (Character Lunch Box) Making〉 "Chara-ben" is a unique culture of animation advanced country Japan, attracting attentions all over the world. In this plan, we gonna introduce you how to make a Chara-ben into popular characters among foreigners such as Kumamon and Totoro in English. 〈Sushi Cooking〉 I’ll teach you how to make many kind of "Sushi Menus" like - "Rolled Sushi" "Chirashi Sushi" "Inari Sushi" We'll cook four delicious, easy-to-make dishes. First, we’ll prepare dashi, a simple seaweed-based stock that is the cornerstone of our country's cooking.

3. Japanese Cooking Class Tokyo, Musubi Cooking Class

Yotsuya, Shinjuku 160-0004 Tokyo Prefecture [email protected] http://japanese-cooking-class-tokyo.com
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Japanese Cooking Class Tokyo, Musubi Cooking Class

Japanese Cooking Class offering home visit and healthy, tasty Japanese foods. Visitors would learn the secret of Japanese foods, "Umami" and Japanese foods culture by joining the class and experiencing Japanese unique cooking style.

Reviewed By masonm381

Yuki's home cooking class was the best part of our trip to Japan! She truly went above and beyond in walking us to and from the train station to her home and teaching us all about traditional Japanese culture and cooking. We were able to choose which dish we wanted to prepare prior to our arrival (we chose Gyoza) and she ensured that we were comfortable and well-fed in her home while giving us a wealth of knowledge in Japanese cooking. We made gyoza, Japanese omelets, miso soup, cucumber salad, and rice. For dessert we had the peaches, grapes, and cookies. She also gave us the recipes to take home with us and gave wonderful recommendations for the rest of our time in Japan. Yuki's cooking class was the highlight of our trip to Japan and we are recommending her home cooking experience to all of our family and friends who visit!

4. Cooking Sun Tokyo

18 Maya Shinanomachi II, Room No. 314, Shinano-machi, Shinjuku 160-0016 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-6380-6028 [email protected] http://www.cooking-sun.com
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Cooking Sun Tokyo

Cooking Sun Tokyo is a Japanese cooking class for international travelers. We are located in Shinjuku area near JR Shinanomachi station. Classes are twice a day; Sushi class and Wagyu Kaiseki class. We welcome couples, friends, families, single travelers from around the world and of any skill level!

Reviewed By LLKKcufuvobp - Adelaide, Australia

We took a local train there from Shinjuku (was only a couple of stops) and used google maps to get there. It was a quick 5 minute walk and found it pretty easily. It has a small sign in the window of an otherwise ordinary looking apartment block. The almost 3 hours flew by. We were a family of 4 (children 9 and 11) and were the only participants. The kids participated in everything (including using the knives) and were very capable of making their own sushi platters. Our instructor spoke perfect English, gave us loads of information and made the class fun and interesting. It was rewarding to eat the yummy sushi we had made and we are definitely looking to make sushi at home in the near future. We have all the recipes and more. It was very good value for money. Thank you Cooking Sun Tokyo!!

5. BentoYa Cooking

Roppongi, Minato 106-0032 Tokyo Prefecture +81 80-9340-0648 [email protected] http://www.bentoyacooking.com/en/
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BentoYa Cooking

BentoYa Cooking is Vegan-Vegetarian Japanese Cooking Class !! BentoYa's true calling is to join a community of like minded visionaries that all want to impact our world in a positive way dramatically reducing our footprint.Our main passion is help by educating on high quality, great tasting, healthy, and convenient vegetarian focused Japanese cuisine.

Reviewed By AcrossTheOceanAndFar

My kids and I had the best time making sushi and miso soup with Sakiko-san. You'd think that a remote online lesson for kids (10 and 12) would be a disaster but the results were very impressive! I'm so proud of the work they did following the instructor's direction - she had a lot of patience! The camera setup made it easy to follow step-by-step: one camera for the chef, one for her hands and ingredients. We are looking forward to another class!

6. Food & Friends Tokyo Cooking Class

1-5-25 In front of Yotsuya Shinsei Church, Yotsuya, Shinjuku 160-0004 Tokyo Prefecture [email protected] http://www.foodandfriendstokyo.com/
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Food & Friends Tokyo Cooking Class

A unique and important point to the class is that you will learn, not only how to cook Japanese, but gain a lecture at the beginning of the class about Japanese seasonings. Since I have certified sake sommelier and fermented food master, she is happy to share all her knowledge of Japanese food culture to the attendants. The session makes you cook Japanese food much easier than you thought. Japanese people love to use seasonable and fermented ingredients, which are very tasty, but also have an impact on our health and wellbeing, contributing to a long, healthy life, that may just be that "eye-opening" experience for you. After the lecture, you will start to cook Japanese home-style, dishes using seasonings you just learned and seasonal fresh ingredients. Simple prep work has done ahead so you will enjoy the highlight of cooking. The class is hands-on, couple with demonstration. You will prepare almost 7 kinds of dishes including a main dish from beef, chicken or seafood and vegetab

Reviewed By Amosnali - Chicago, United States

Whenever we travel my husband and I like to take a cooking class and then host a dinner party serving the dishes we made. So while visiting Japan we booked this class with Fukuko to learn to make the local specialty, Okinomiaki. We were so happy we did, as the whole experience exceeded our expectations. We met at her beautiful new home and worked in her fully equipped and modern kitchen in a quiet yet accessible neighborhood in Tokyo. We were in for a treat! In addition to the main dish, we made at least 6 sides and then enjoyed the feast. Fukuko is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher with a very gentle manner. And in addition to her culinary expertise she happens to be a certified sake sommelier! We so enjoyed our afternoon of cooking, eating, drinking and chatting. We feel that a class like this provides interesting insight into a culture like typical sightseeing cannot. From our first contact her communication was clear, directions to the home were easy to follow, and she even made some recommendations for shopping in the area! All recipes were provided in a follow up email and we look forward to visiting the Japanese market in Chicago and making them again. Thank you very much Fukuko! We had a great time.

7. Your Kitchen in Tokyo

4-6-15 Kohinata Myogadani Station, Bunkyo 112-0006 Tokyo Prefecture http://yourkitchenintokyo.com/
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Your Kitchen in Tokyo

Your kitchen in Tokyo provides online Japanese cooking classes and face to face classes for foodies from around the world. The host will bring her secret recipes and step-by-step coaching to your kitchen online. The face to face classes are held in the host’s private kitchen in Tokyo. The most popular classes are Sushi, Ramen, Gyoza class.

Reviewed By RachelTaneya - Gisborne, Australia

Mikako is so lovely and so professional, we have had the pleasure of experiencing her class in person and on Zoom. She is so kind and such an amazing cook! Highly recommended if you want to learn how to make authentic and yummy Japanese food!

8. Tadaima Japan

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Located in Shinjuku city, Arakicho is a one of a kind town. The area used to be known as Hana-machi, a place of teahouses where geisha used to work. You may not find any geisha anymore but the area has rich food culture continues to this day.Many places are unique, a little weird, fun, and sometimes difficult to access, even for Japanese people.

9. Kojimachi Izumiya

2-5-2, Kojimachi, Chiyoda 102-0083 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-3261-9067 https://www.facebook.com/kojimachi.izumiya/
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Kojimachi Izumiya

10. Yes Day in Japan

Yes Day in Japan

Eat a vegan lunch & dinner and discover Tokyo's Chiyoda district with a certified tour guide speaking English, French and Japanese.

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