Reviews
We had a great experience!! Both a warm and cozy environment at the hosts house, and really, really delicious food… beyond expectation!! Can only super recommend it! Specially if you look for a real not so commercial and not crowded experience in Kyoto! Good to combine it with the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest Bamboo experience as it is close to it!
Paloma
Visit period: Aug.2025
Satoru and Akiko were amazing hosts, made all very cozy and enjoyable… while the food was simply great!!! We recommend it 100%!!
Paloma
Visit period: Aug.2025
Amazing cooking class with hospitable host!
Really enjoyed my cooking class with Satoru and Akiko! They were great with communication before, at pickup and during the class. They were both incredibly patient during the class and really took the time to explain each step in detail. I never felt rushed.
You can tell as you are cooking that they have a lot of experience making these dishes. In my case, sushi and tempura.
I felt that I had a great authentic experience cooking with locals. If I can even go further, it was like cooking with a friend.
Philip.L
Visit period: Aug.2025
素晴らしくて歓迎的な彼らは、すぐにくつろいだ気分にさせてくれます。フレンドリーさを失わずに、素晴らしいプロ意識を持って、料理の手順を最も迅速かつ簡単な方法で理解するのに役立ちます。 Fantastic and welcoming, they make you feel immediately at home and with great professionalism, without lacking in friendliness, they help you understand in the quickest and simplest way the procedure of the possible dish
Samuele
Visit period: Aug.2025
体験名/Kyoto Sushi Trio: Wagyu Rolls, Nigiri & Temaki
Satoru and Akiko are great hosts. They made us feel very welcomed. They teach well and adapted the recipes to make sure we could cook the same at home. This was a first time for us cooking sushis and we loTved this experience! We had a great time and would recommend to anyone wanting to cook sushis. Thank you Satoru and Akiko for your warmth and kindness.
Thibault
Visit period: June.2025
Authentic and Welcoming - A highlight!
This was the highlight of my most recent trip to Kyoto, as it was such a unique experience.
Welcomed into the home of a Tempura chef and his wife Satoru for a one on one cooking experience was just brilliant! Their hospitality was first class.
Step by step instructions with hands on experience we made (from scratch), a variety of delicious tempura vegetables (and a bonus treat of tempura Brie!), Miso soup and Onigiri.
Every mouthful was just so tasty and fresh.
Thank you so much to this wonderful couple for opening their home and sharing their knowledge on some traditional Japanese cooking.
Lesley R
Visit Period：Mar. 2025
This was a really great cooking class.
We made tempura.
I'm not much of a cook buy like this it was a lot of fun.
I will cherish this memory.
The class was given by a tempura chef
The creation was very tasty as well!
Axel Papma
Visit Period：Feb. 2025
Excellente expérience, très agréable et instructive.Couple accueillant, compétent très professionnel et attentif, 3 plats préparés et dégustés, bon timing, le déroulement est bien pensé et super organisé, c'était très bien. L'atelier se derole dans leur maison.
Ce serait bien de donner plus d'informations dans votre description sur le déroulement de cet atelier, ce serait plus attractif, car ce moment privilégié mérite d'être connu et partagé.
francoise mornex
Visit Period：Dec. 2024
Un moment tout à fait exceptionnel, une adresse secrète qu'il faut cependant partager.
Accueil chaleureux, vous cuisinerez dans la maison de vos hôtes, une occasion unique de découvrir une jolie maison japonaise et un couple charmant, bienveillant, délicat et attentionné. Lui est chef dans un restaurant de tempura, il sait de quoi il parle!! Son épouse est délicate, attentive, excellent anglais et beaucoup de savoir-faire.
Ils ont tout préparé, avec les noms des produits, ils sont très pros et pensent à tout. Tout est fait pour se sentir à l'aise et heureux d'être là.
Avec du materiel de professionnels, fabrication de tempura de légumes, légère et croustillante, tempura de camembert, crevettes, préparation d'une soupe miso délicieuse, cuisson du riz gluant pour fabriquer des onigiris tendres et parfumés.
On repart avec les recettes soigneusement préparées d'avance, un petit cadeau car c'est Noël, et la sensation de quitter trot tôt deux nouveaux amis.
Je recommande très chaleureusement, j'ai hâte de revenir. Merci🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍😊😊🎅🏻
francoise mornex
Visit Period：Dec. 2024
I visited Kyoto Green Cuisine to learn about making tempura. They speak English and provide a written recipe, so you can focus on the fun of making everything. My favorite part of the experience was plating everything, 12 different things, and - of course- eating it all.（Listed on Google map)
TheMissybon
Visit Period：Nov. 2024
It was nice to learn the basic but important way of cooking rice, miso soup and tempura. I
could asked the details and everything was fine.（Listed on Viator）
Yen Hoa Nguyen
Visit Period：Oct. 2024
Lovely Japanese couple and amazing cooking experience! Satoru san and Akiko san are both so friendly and welcoming. They taught me so much about cooking rice, tempura and miso soup! They prepare so well in advance- the ingredients, the flow, the utensils, so that you can cook everything within a limited time. Of course the best part was just chatting with them and learning about Japanese culture, food, and people. Loved this experience!! Would highly recommend anyone looking for a local cooking experience in Kyoto near Arashiyama.（Listed on TripAdvisor）