Best Living Japan Classes Calendar

Our Best Living Japan Class Calendar for Fall Winter 2020 has so many great classes for kids and adults. We hope to meet you and/or your children at our studio in Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo. All classes and programs are conducted in English by subject experts. Our studio is also available for rent should you want to hold your own class or program.

* To limit the spread of the coronavirus, we will have max 10 participants per class and we ask everyone to wear a mask at all times.

Best Living Japan Classes Calendar – Fall Winter 2020

Date & Time		CLASS
TUES. Nov 3rd 9:15am-11:25am		Kintsugi Class – Make and Take – Kintsugi Bowl, Cup or Plate Making Class – Learn how to make broken into reborn master pieces. All Kintsugi Classes are 7,500 JPY (including tax). All materials are provided, no additional costs. If you would like to bring your own small piece from home to repair you may.
THURS. November 5th 12:45pm-3:15pm		Japanese Cooking (Adult Class & Kids ages 12 and above)– Sign-up for one 2,5 hour Japanese cooking class 7,500 JPY ( tax included) or four classes for 20,000 JPY (tax included) and take home dinner. Each class you will make 3-4 dishes and learn about how to shop for the right ingredients. Food cooked is packaged to take home for dinner. Okonomiyaki & Mushrooms Main: Okonomiyaki (Japanese pizza/pancakes) Side 1: Butter Baked Japanese Mushrooms Side 2: Enoki Miso Soup Learnings: How to select/buy flour at a local supermarket. Learn about the different types of Japanese mushrooms
THURS. November 12th 12:45pm-3:15pm		Japanese Cooking (Adult Class & Kids age 12 and above) – Sign-up for one 2,5 hour Japanese cooking class 7,500 JPY ( tax included) or four classes for 20,000 JPY (tax included) and take home dinner. Each class you will make 3-4 dishes and learn about how to shop for the right ingredients. Food cooked is packaged to take home for dinner. Nikujaga – Japanese Comfort Food Main: Nikujaga (Meat and Potato Japanese Stew) Side 1: Simmered Hijiki (seaweed) Side 2: Miso Soup (Satoimo & Wakame) Rice: Sweet Potato Rice Learnings: Learn about the different types of root tubers and seaweed sold in the local supermarkets. Learn how to make Nikujaga, one of the most popular menus among the kids! It’s considered the ultimate comfort food in Japan.
Monday. Nov 16 9:15am-11:45am		Indigo Dyeing Learn about Aizome (Indigo) and various shiori techniques using wood resistance presses, knotting and folding. This session each student will make a 1.5m x .5m linen scarf. Class session and all materials is 7,500 yen (including tax).
WED. Nov 18th 9:15am-11:25am		Kintsugi Class – Make and Take – Kintsugi Bowl, Cup or Plate Making Class – Learn how to make broken into reborn master pieces. All Kintsugi Classes are 7,500 JPY (including tax). All materials are provided, no additional costs. If you would like to bring your own small piece from home to repair you may.
THURS. November 19th 12:45pm-3:15pm		Japanese Cooking ( Adult Class & Kids age 12 and above) – Sign-up for one 2,5 hour Japanese cooking class 7,500 JPY ( tax included) or four classes for 20,000 JPY (tax included) and take home dinner. Each class you will make 3-4 dishes and learn about how to shop for the right ingredients. Food cooked is packaged to take home for dinner. Gluten Free Party Food Main: Gyoza (Japanese potstickers, including homemade wrappers) Main: Karaage (Japanese deep fried chicken) Side: Butter Baked Japanese Mushrooms Rice: White Rice Learnings: Learn how to make gluten free Gyoza (Japanese potstickers) including the wrappers, and different kind of mushrooms! Also learn the yummy Japanese deep fried chicken, one of the most popular food among kids! Everything will be gluten free in this lesson.
TUES. Dec 1st 9:15am-11:25am		Kintsugi Class – Make and Take – Kintsugi Bowl, Cup or Plate Making Class – Learn how to make broken into reborn master pieces. All Kintsugi Classes are 7,500 JPY (including tax). All materials are provided, no additional costs. If you would like to bring your own small piece from home to repair you may.
Wednesday. Dec 2 9:15am-11:25am		Decorate a Japanese Fisherman’s Basket – Ikkanbari Make custom designed washi covered fisherman baskets to cherish in your home. You can vanish or leave natural. These make great decorative pieces or everyday shopping baskets. We will teach you how to prep a basket (cms 32 x 10 x 25) and then work to decorate your basket to take home that day. Class session and all materials is 12,000 yen (including tax).
THURS. December 3rd 12:45pm-3:15pm		Japanese Cooking (Adult Class & Kids age 12 and above) – Sign-up for one 2,5 hour Japanese cooking class 7,500 JPY ( tax included) or four classes for 20,000 JPY (tax included) and take home dinner. Each class you will make 3-4 dishes and learn about how to shop for the right ingredients. Food cooked is packaged to take home for dinner. Oven Baked Korokke (Croquettes) Main: Healthy Oven Baked Potato Croquettes Side 1: Shungiku no Gomaae (Chrysanthemum Greens in Sesame Dressing) Side 2: Miso Soup Rice: White Rice Learnings: Learn the different types of root tubers and so-su(sauce). Japanese croquettes are usually deep fried, but learn how you can cut the calories by baking them in the oven instead of deep frying…and still taste yummy!