Traditional Japanese Miso Workshop & Vegan Lunch + Miso Souvenir (Countryside)
What Guests Love
- Warm home setting
- Knowledgeable, friendly host
- Hands‑on miso preparation
- Delicious vegan lunch
Guests say the host welcomed them into a cozy home, creating a friendly atmosphere that felt like visiting a friend. They praised the instructor’s deep knowledge of miso, vegan and macrobiotic nutrition, and appreciated the hands‑on guidance in preparing miso. The vegan lunch was described as incredibly tasty, and participants enjoyed taking home a miso souvenir. Overall, the experience offered rich cultural insight beyond a simple cooking lesson.
What to Expect
You can learn and experience:
- How to make miso from scratch with the help of a macrobio vegan teacher
- How to make Japanese traditional dishes using Miso.
- Very traditional Japanese lunch including steamed brown rice cooked with the clay pot, Miso soup, some vegetable dishes, tofu dish and dessert.
- A talk about soy beans and koji culture, the main ingredients of Miso with a hand out.
- To stay in the normal Japanese home with tatami mat room
- You can bring back 500g of miso that you made in the class which will mature in 9~12 months
And if time allows:
- A talk about veganism and macrobiotics
- The atmosphere is very relaxed, peaceful and intimate as the venue is located in the countryside, about 1.5 ~ 2 hours away from central Tokyo and the number of the guests are small.
Meet Your Host
Menu
- Miso making
- Brown Rice
- Miso Soup
- A few kinds of vegetable dishes
- A Miso or Tofu dish
- Japanese dessert
- Japanese herb tea
The traditional Macrobio-vegan lunch will be served first before starting cooking session.
You can learn how to make miso from scratch, and also lots about miso, such as how they are categorized, what affect the success of good quality miso, how you can control the environment for miso to be matured satisfactory, and etc.
You can bring back miso that you made.
This class is suitable for people of all ages including small kids.
Schedule
- 10:30 am: Meet at the Bushu Nagase station
- 11:00 am: Lecture on Miso ingredients and procedure of Miso making
- 12:00 pm: Lunch
- 13:30 pm Cooking session
- 4:30 pm: Sending to Bushu Nagase station
Meeting Point
The south exit of Bushu Nagase station of Tobu Ogose Line
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Additional Information
Confirmation
You will receive the confirmation of your booking within 24 hours.
Free Cancellation
Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 1 week prior to the activity due to needed preparation for fermented tofu.
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