At an easily accessible experience venue in front of Kanazawa Station, participants dress in custom-made Japanese food artisan costumes and cook authentic Japanese food, with a focus on Kanazawa's representative local dishes, such as jibu-ni and nigiri-zushi.
Even beginners will be able to cook easily.
All dishes can be made by participants.
The instructor's words are converted into speech in real time by a state-of-the-art translator and are also projected on a large monitor.
As the review says, there is no need to worry about language.
Kanazawa's appeal lies in the abundance of foodstuffs.
The mountains, sea and plains are all close by and fresh ingredients are available.
Many Japanese tourists from all over the country visit Kanazawa in search of fresh seafood.
Learn about Kanazawa's food culture, Japanese knives and unique Japanese cooking utensils, and enjoy them with a nationally qualified local Japanese cooking instructor.
Learn how to prepare authentic Japanese dishes using ingredients available abroad.
You will learn how to prepare the following dishes
Authentic nigiri-zushi
In Kanazawa, fresh fish is more readily available than in Tokyo. Fresh sashimi is sourced from the same fishmongers (Omimachi Market) as Michelin-starred sushi restaurants.
Digital recipes are also available, from how to cook sushi rice to how to make sushi.
Jibe-ni is a typical Kanazawa local dish.
It is not eaten in other regions.
It is a special, nationally unique dish of meat, fu and shiitake mushrooms with sukiyaki-style seasoning sauce and wasabi (Japanese horseradish).
The most important Japanese dashi preparation in Japanese cooking.
Dashimaki Tamago (rolled egg)
Recipe from a Michelin restaurant. Special omelette made with bonito and kelp dashi broth and Kanazawa soya sauce.
Simple Japanese starter with spinach.
Includes petit dessert and aperitif (Kanazawa plum wine or sake).
Children are served juice and a snack called ‘dagashi’, a popular Japanese snack.