Understand what makes Japanese food unique and exquisitely delicious and experience some of Japan’s most amazing flavors. Learn about food from the different regions of Japan, the process of how to make them and why they come from those areas.
You will visit several shops and taste different types of food including Dashi (Japanese soup stock), Tamagoyaki (egg roll), Anago (salt water eel), Fish cake, Katsuoboshi (fish flakes) and satsumaimo (sweet fried potatoes).
You will experience a seasonal lunch at a very serene, authentic place. Next, you will enjoy an authentic Japanese “must do” activity, a Wagashi experience, with a Wagashi master that will make an intricately handcrafted dessert in front of you. This will be served with very high-quality Matcha.
Inclusions:
• Explore Nihonbashi area on this 3 -hour tour of flavors and food of Japan
• Understand what makes Japanese food unique and exquisitely delicious
• Visit a regional food store and try some local delicacies
• Visit 8 food stops showing the different flavors and regions and traditions of Japanese cuisine and tea.
• Food samplings include Dashi (soup stock), Regional snacks, Egg roll (Tamagoyaki), Fish cakes from Kagoshima, eel sushi, wagashi and green teas.
• See a traditional stationary shop with 100 years of history
• Visit Japan’s oldest and most expensive fruit shop
• Have a delicious meal for lunch with choices of Soba,Tempura and Sashimi Set, Grilled Fish, Chicken Sukiyaki
• Enjoy an authentic Wagashi Experience with a Wagashi master
• End with a unique and lovely tea tasting of seasonal and artisanal green and black teas at a one-of-a-kind shop. Not like any other tea shop in Japan!
Audio: English