Well-balanced BENTO (lunch box) Cooking Class
Overview
Available languages
2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
At the beginning of this class, choose your favorite lunch box and wear an apron.
Cooking starts from making traditional Japanese broth 'Dashi'. After that, you make seven basic Japanese dishes often eaten at home, using Wagyu (Japanese beef), shrimp, salmon, egg, squash and mushroom, green vegetable, also make triangular rice balls.
In this experience, you acquire various cooking techniques such as frying, grilling, simmering and marinade. In addition, after practicing to make triangular shapes using plastic molds, you complete two rice balls.
When all the dishes are completed, please try packing in a lunch box with fresh vegetables! Your instructor advises on an attractive pack way.
At the end, place the dishes, along with chopsticks and let's say âItadakimasuâ! Please enjoy the meal you made served with the complimentary Miso soup.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
At the beginning of this class, choose your favorite lunch box and wear an apron. Cooking starts from making traditional Japanese broth 'Dashi'. After that, you make seven basic Japanese dishes often eaten at home, using Wagyu (Japanese beef), shrimp, salmon, egg, squash and mushroom, green vegetable, also make triangular rice balls.  In this experience, you acquire various cooking techniques such as frying, grilling, simmering and marinade. In addition, after practicing to make triangular shapes using plastic molds, you complete two rice balls. When all the dishes are completed, please try packing in a lunch box with fresh vegetables! Your instructor advises on an attractive pack way. At the end, place the dishes, along with chopsticks and let's say âItadakimasuâ! Please enjoy the meal you made served with the complimentary Miso soup.
Sample Menu
main
Simmered squash
main
Ginger-simmered beef in sweetened soy sauce
main
Green vegetable with sesame dressing
main
Grilled fish
main
Dashi-maki (rolled dashi omelet)
main
Deep-fried shrimp
main
Two kinds of onigiri (rice balls)
main
Served with Miso soup
dessert
Fruit
Whatâs Included
Green tea
All kitchen utensils
Printed recipe
Miso soup
All the ingredients for Lunch/Dinner
Options
Standard
Reviews
35 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Wonderful
Camper13552487737,,Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A wonderful experience learning japanese home cooking đ We managed to cook 7 different dishes and every single ome of them was unique and tasty.
Lean about bento and enjoy!
adriennebH1589FS,,Oct 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I enjoyed this very much and strongly recommend it. The whole evening - 5.30 - 7.30 - was busy, friendly, very well planned and a credit to the âSakura Cookâ. We learned a great deal by lots of hands-on participation. There were many photo opportunities and interesting things to capture. Questions were happily answered, nothing was seen as a âsilly questionâ yet we were leaning a lot of new skills in a short time and if we made mistakes, that was not a problem. An excellent meal at the end, helped in the making by us.
The Great Reviews Tell the Tale
OakvilleGal,,Sep 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Only two of us today, so private class. It was a real pleasure learning how to make bento box foods, starting with a base of authentic dashi. The cooking area and restroom were clean. The whole 2 hours was well organized to keep things moving and focused on the most important stuff. Most importantly, the communication was outstanding from the time of booking confirmation right through to the end of the class. We went out and bought some items right afterwards to take home with us, inspired to fill the bento boxes we had bought in Tokyo once we get home. Highly recommend!
Fun, engaging and well catered for small groups. Our guide was so kind and fun to chat to.
ramsayd2024,,Sep 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was just me and my partner signed up so we had a lovely private experience. Our guide was so friendly and fun and made sure that both of us got a chance to try every step of every dish! I know I ll be cooking these a lot when I get home. They also have some cute handmade Japanese aprons you wear, and even had some for sale!
Recommed!
Yayung W,,Aug 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Itâs very interesting! The teacher is beautiful and earnest! My daughter and I learned many cooking skills in the class!
Tasty, healthy and a beautiful picture
Elsbeth H,,May 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Super nice host, we learned a lot about Japanese cuisine. Good combination of explanation, presentation and trying for yourself. It was super cool to make a folded omelette
Kids in the kitchen!
rharper2019,,Mar 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My family had a wonderful evening learning Japanese techniques for everyday foods. Our questions were patiently answered and our tweens/teen were able to try every step of the process. We left with new recipes and even have some new ideas for packing lunches.
Best experience ever
Jet27243001653,,Feb 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I am actually coming to Osaka this time to find a cooking class like this, and experience is totally beyond the expectation. My mom and I are the only students in the morning session, and the teacher has prepared all the stuff. The explanation and demonstration were very thorough and vivid. My mom and I learned a lot about the cooking.Japanese cuisine as well as enjoyed a nice meal. Lol. éæŹĄäŸć€§éȘäž»èŠæŻçșäșćžçżæ„æèȘČçšïŒéæŹĄçé«é©éćžžè¶ äčæłćăèćž«æ©æ©ć°±ćšæšäžçæćïŒç±æŒćžçćȘææććȘœćȘœć ©ćäșșïŒèćž«èŹè§ŁćŸéćžžçćăäžć ćžçżäșćŸć€ïŒéćć°äșèȘć·±ćçäŸżç¶lol
A very nice experience worth every penny
D5810FGsamuels,,Dec 14, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I had no expectations regarding this cooking class, only that I wanted to expand my knowledge about bento and possibly develop it further once back in Canada. I was pleasantly surprised by my experience! I was the only "student" attending the class that evening, so I had the chance to enjoy a private lesson with Fumi! I'm naturally shy and not very talkative, but Fumi managed to make me feel comfortable. I laughed a lot and thoroughly enjoyed myself throughout the class. I highly recommend this experience, whether you're solo, in a pair, or in a group. Every dollar well spent! Plus, it was delicious!
Excellent
Ravenjoules,,Nov 30, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The cooking class was fun! Our instructor was very nice and gave great explanations. Definitely one of our highlights of our Japan visit!
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