Plan Harmony

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Yoshiko will pick you up in her car at the station and drive you 10 minutes to her home. Learn to prepare 4-5 Japanese home style dishes from scratch in Yoshiko’s kitchen. Yoshiko will start by showing you how to make dashi stock, the Japanese foundation that most dishes are based on. You will learn how to use dashi instead of water when cooking Japanese dishes to bring out the umami flavor of each dish. You can expect the cooking portion of your experience to last about an hour before you sit down to enjoy the meal you helped prepare. Yoshiko will share printed recipes with you so you can recreate the dishes you learned back home. Yoshiko picks her guests from Kawanishiikeda station on the JR Takarazuka line. If there are more than 4 people in your group, Yoshiko requests that additional people take a taxi and follow her home. Please note that the experience ends at Yoshiko's home.

Sample Menu

• 1. Mother's taste - traditional home-style meal (teriyaki chicken, steamed salmon and vegetables with sesame miso sauce, Japanese dashi egg roll, miso soup and rice)
• 2. Bento box
• 3. Okonomi-yaki with side dishes
• 4. Gyoza with side dishes

• Private cooking class and meal with your host Yoshiko
• Non-alcoholic beverages
• All taxes, fees and handling charges
• Gratuities

• Hotel pickup and drop-off

• Not wheelchair accessible
• Menu may vary depending on the season
• Please advise any specific dietary requirements [in the "Special Requirements" box] at the time of booking
• Private, personalized experience
• Guests can bring their own alcohol to enjoy over the meal.
• Near public transportation
• Infants must sit on laps
• Yoshiko picks her guests from Kawanishiikeda station on the JR Takarazuka line. If there are more than 4 people in your group, Yoshiko requests that additional people take a taxi and follow her home. Also, please note that the experience ends at Yoshiko's home. After your experience is over, you need to make your way to the station on your own. Yoshiko can surely help arrange for a taxi that you can use to get to the nearest station, it will cost you approximately ¥1000, which needs to be paid directly to the driver.
• Face masks required for travelers in public areas
• Face masks required for guides in public areas
• Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
• Social distancing enforced throughout experience
• Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
• Gear/equipment sanitized between use
• Guides required to regularly wash hands
• Regular temperature checks for staff
• Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
• Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

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If you cancel at least 3 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.