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Ninety minutes making two seasonal sweets from red bean paste and glutinous rice flour, taught by a nutritionist, then whisking the matcha to eat them with.
Aichi's Own Wagashi: Two Seasonal Sweets and a Bowl of Matcha in Nagoya: Key Facts
| Price | From $72 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1.5 hours |
| Group size | Up to 14 people |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Mini Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
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Wagashi and Matcha Workshop
Ninety minutes making two seasonal Aichi sweets with a licensed nutritionist, finished with matcha you whisk yourself.
1.5 hours
English
$72
Free cancellation
Full description
Wagashi classes in Kyoto and Tokyo teach the courtly tradition. This one teaches Aichi's, which is a different thing — central Japan built its confectionery on beans and on the same fermentation culture that gave the region its miso and soy sauce, and the sweets here are denser, plainer and more domestic than the delicate nerikiri of the old capital.
Over ninety minutes you make two seasonal sweets using sweet red bean paste and glutinous rice flour, which are the two ingredients most of Japanese confectionery rests on. The instructor is a licensed nutritionist, and the teaching goes further than the technique — how sweetness, texture and bitterness are balanced against each other, and why a sweet designed to be eaten with matcha has to be sweeter than one eaten alone.
That balance is the whole point, and you test it directly: after making the sweets you whisk your own bowl of matcha and eat them together. The bitterness arrives and the sweetness suddenly makes sense.
There is also a genuine regional argument running through the class, about how climate and local ingredients shaped confectionery differently in this part of Japan. It is the sort of context that makes the rest of a trip more interesting — you start noticing what the sweet shops in each city are actually selling.
Groups run up to fourteen and instruction is in English. The studio is in Izumi in central Nagoya, near the station.
Tour Itinerary
Itineraries are customisable as per your request
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
Arrive at the Izumi studio
How Aichi's confectionery differs from Kyoto's
Make the first seasonal sweet with red bean paste
Make a second using glutinous rice flour
Whisk your own bowl of matcha
Eat the sweets with the tea
Includes
- Ninety-minute hands-on wagashi and matcha workshop
- Preparation of two seasonal Japanese sweets
- Whisking and drinking your own matcha
- Licensed nutritionist as instructor
- All ingredients
Excludes
- Transport to the studio
- Additional food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Important information
Meeting point
Viale Storia, 2-1-28 Izumi, Higashi Ward, Nagoya 461-0001.
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- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
About this activity
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Duration 1.5 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible
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$72
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Free cancellation
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Frequently Asked Questions
Viale Storia, 2-1-28 Izumi, Higashi Ward, Nagoya 461-0001.
The price does not cover transport to the studio, additional food and drinks and hotel pickup and drop-off. Everything it does cover is listed in full on this page, so if something is not on that list, budget for it separately.
Unless the option says private, this runs as a small group. The operator caps it rather than filling a coach, and if you want it to yourselves the private option is priced separately on this page.
Japanese Cooking Class in Nagoya🇯🇵 / Nagoya. We book with them directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can confirm your place with the operator before taking it as final.
We confirm your booking with the operator before we treat it as final, and we need at least one day's notice outside India. Once it is confirmed you get the meeting point, the time and a contact number for the day. If the operator cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Ninety-minute hands-on wagashi and matcha workshop, Preparation of two seasonal Japanese sweets, Whisking and drinking your own matcha, Licensed nutritionist as instructor, All ingredients
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