Here are some of the best home-cooked dishes that you don't typically find in restaurants. View our hosts below with whom you can share these authentic Japanese foods.
Miso soup
Traditional soup made with a dashi stock base and miso paste, typically served with tofu and wakame seaweed
Okonomiyaki
Savory pancake made with shredded cabbage in a batter of egg, flour and nagaimo, served with Japanese mayonaise and a sweet thickened sauce
Chirashi sushi
Translates to "scattered sushi", the preparation varies by region but consists of a rice bowl topped with a variety of raw fish and vegetables
Karaage
Chicken marinated in soy sauce, garlic, ginger and potato starch and deep fried in oil
Traveling Spoon Experiences in Japan
Taste miso soup, okonomiyaki, chirashi sushi, and karaage, plus other authentic Japanese dishes, with our Traveling Spoon hosts across Japan.
Nagoya-Style Japanese Cooking Class in Kasugai
Taste traditional Japanese dishes such as tenmusu (shrimp tempura in a rice ball) with host Akiko in a suburb of Nagoya. Book your private experience today. Learn more.
Fun Japanese Cooking Class in Kyoto with a Local Chef
Experience true Japenese cuisine with dishes like miso soup, okonomiyaki, gyoza (dumpling), and teriyaki chicken with cooking instructor Midori in Kyoto. Book your private experience today. Learn more.