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Akita Kiritodanpo, Kanazawa gold leaf? ! AirKitchen, a cooking class that uses local cuisine for tourists

2020.02.06

airKitchen is a matching platform that connects foreign travelers who want to participate in Japanese food cooking experience while traveling with Japanese hosts who teach Japanese food online. Inbound travelers can use airKitchen to visit their homes and cook Japanese food with local hosts.
Compared to a regular trip to a sightseeing spot, you can experience a deeper and more local Japanese culture.As a new activity that responds to diversifying needs, it is now attracting the attention of European and American users.

airKitchen has registered more than 5,000 hosts from all over Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south. Foreign visitors to Japan can use airKitchen to create local home-cooked meals at host homes all over Japan and enjoy the eating experience. Among them, menus using local specialties and specialties are very popular with some travelers.

88-year-old Kahara is the oldest host in airKitchen. I hold a classroom with my daughter at my home in Kamakura City, but leave the interpreter to my daughter who is fluent in English and French, and Seiko carefully prepares dishes, dishes, chopsticks, etc. for tourists I will explain.

Yoneju host Kahara (left), his daughter (middle), and guest Wendy (right)
After completion, you will enjoy the dishes you cooked together

This is a cooking class where you can enjoy the unique food culture of the region, such as “ Takoyaki ” in Osaka and “ Okonomiyaki ” in Hiroshima, as well as “ Kiritanpo Nabe ” in Akita and “ Egg-fried with gold leaf ” in Kanazawa, as well as in sightseeing spots. It is held all over Japan through airKitchen. This service provides visitors to Japan with things that cannot be experienced with general sightseeing tours and other services.

>airKitchen Official site

>Find overseas cooking classes

There is also a host recruitment in Japan, so if you are interested please check the following site.
>Click here for host registration to airKitchen (free registration)

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