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There are a lot of experience programs in Kura-cooking. Please feel free to contact us for details.

Kura Cooking was featured on Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Me-Tele)- A Belgian family‘s unforgettable experience

A Belgian family who are all ramen lovers came to Kura Cooking.
They enjoyed a ramen and gyoza cooking class, and their class was featured on “Dodesuka Plus” which is a popular show on Me-Tele.They made miso ramen （which was used Kura Cooking’s original miso）, gyoza (which made from scratch and wrapped), and Japanese sweets called “uiro” which are a Nagoya specialty. Their 14year-old daughter said, “It is the best ramen I’ve ever had.” And then she finished every last drop of soup.The program was really good so it was rebroadcast as part of a 45 – minute special on the program Inbound tourism in Aichi. You can watch it on the official Me-Tele YouTube channel through the link below.
Please watch and learn about Kura Cooking.

Kura-cooking was broadcasted on CBC T.V. program "Hanasaka times".

Azusa Babazono who is a comedian "Asian" and Naomi Watanabe who is an entertainer came to Kura-cooking and they had a cooking lesson.

These are dishes which were cooked by Azusa Babazono and Naomi Watanabe. They made "Steamed fish with Sakura leaf", "Spring cabbage with salty cherry-blossoms", "Sakura sushi wrapped in fried bean curd", "Sakura soup", "Sakura Japanese steamed cake".

There are recipes on my website 「kura-cooking」 Please try them!

Sakura plate of 5dishes

• Sakura sushi wrapped in fried bean curd
• Steamed fish with Sakura leaf
• Spring cabbage with salty cherry-blossoms
• Sakura soup
• Sakura Japanese steamed cake

Kura Cooking are introduced by Meitetsu Kanko Service's Aichi Prefecture project "Overseas Promotion Project (Europe, America, Australia).

The participants visited various places in Aichi Prefecture, such as Arimatsu (Arimatsu shibori), Okazaki (Hatcho miso), Nishio (matcha green tea), Minamichita Onsen, Handa (Mitsukan vinegar), Kunisakari (sake), Seto (Setomono), Nikko style Nagoya and Inuyama, and cooked dishes using the seasonings they bought or made in the various places in Kura Kura cooing. The tour is designed to be served on Seto ceramic plates and dined on tablecloths decorated with Arimatsu shibori.Here are the details.

A Culinary Tour of Aichi Prefecture (English)

Une tournée culinaire de la préfecture de Aichi (French)

KURA cooking has been published in the magazine "mr partner in August 2020"

Excerpt from the article

Let's enjoy English afternoon tea classes. You can learn traditional and elegant English culture with good tea, scones, and cakes.

You can also enjoy not only Darjeeling or Assam tea but seasonal tea, for example lemon grass tea which is made with lemon grasses from herbs harvested in a garden of Kura-cooking, and also blueberries scones made with blueberries which came from a garden in Kura-cooking.

KURA cooking has been published in the magazine "mr partner in June 2020"

Quoted from the June 2020 mr partner issue

Let's enjoy English style Afternoon tea class with nice tea and cakes.

People say English afternoon tea started in 1840 in England.In Kura-cooking, students learn not only how to make English sweets and how to pour tea but they learn English culture, history, food, and manner.

Part 2 of Introductory video was published（on 31st March.2020）

Photographer Ryota made sophisticated short video of Kura-cooking.Please watch.

Kura-cooking has been published in a book. "Recent information is available for 2020"

Let's learn how to make Japanese dishes in 100 years old renovated warehouse "Kura"

A master who knows both Japanese and English food and culture gives you a special Taylor-made menu.

Kura-cooking isn't normal cooking school as people know. You can enjoy a special atmosphere and. It is actually good for the body and mind.

Kura-cooking is held in a 100 years old renovated warehouse. There is a nice garden around the cooking environment, so students enjoy seasonal scenery through the windows.

There is also vegetable garden so it's possible for students to cook with vegetable they harvested from the garden. It is all organic.

The teacher is Yuko Asano who is the master of Japanese cooking and she also gives lesson in English.

There are varieties of experienced programs, "Let's make Japanese dishes","Let's enjoy Japanese dishes","Let's enjoy Japanese tea ceremony","Let's make Japanese sweets" and so on.

It's the reason why many foreign students come to Kura-cooking.

Mrs. Asano lived in England and learn about English tea, sweets, and dishes so she knows the English culture very much. Therefore there are some English afternoon tea programs in Kura-cooking.

During afternoon tea classes, we cook special combination recipes in English and Japanese. You can make Japanese style sandwiches, scones, and cakes. Every dish is well arranged. You eat sweets with 2 kinds of seasonal tea while looking at a Japanese garden.

You are sure that you choose Kura-cooking to learn how to make Japanese dishes and afternoon tea dishes.In addition, she teaches Taylor-made cooking classes the students demand. It is also one reason why a lot of students come to Kura

There are many programs for vegans, mums with babies, and people who have some allergies. So if you have troubles with food and cooking, she is always ready to help you.

If students want to make special dishes, she can teach them.

The other day, a student harvested a lot of apples, so he wanted to learn how to make dishes with apples. She taught him 7 kinds of apple dishes.

Those dishes are all simple so anyone can make them at home by themselves.

Japanese cooking is a world cultural heritage, so the teacher also teaches Japanese culture through Japanese cooking.

Kura-cooking has a friendly atmosphere with a very kind teacher.

Why not pay a visit and discover the beauty and attraction for yourself?

A healthy body and mind is built on a rich nutrition.

KURA cooking has been published in the magazine "mr partner in April 2020".

Quoted from the April 2020 mr partner issue

Let's enjoy English style Afternoon tea class with nice tea and cakes.

People say English afternoon tea started in 1840 in England. In Kura-cooking, students learn not only how to make English sweets and how to pour tea but they learn English culture, history, food, and manner

Introductory video was published（on 7th February.2020）

It shows the atmosphere of Kura-cooing.Please watch.

KURA cooking has been published in the magazine "HERS".

Quoted from the May 2019 HERS issue

Let's make healthy and delicious Japanese dishes in a 100 years old Japanese style building "Kura" which is now renovated. You can cook Japanese dishes in a Japanese atmosphere! The teacher is a missionary who is teaching new cooking skills from her most cherished traditional Japanese cooking knowledge. She teaches how to make Japanese dishes in easy and new way. You can learn some events cooking recipes like Cherry blossom viewing event, Children festival event and many other events.Please contact her from HP.

KURA cooking has been published in the newspaper.

Quoted from April 4, 2018 Mainichi Newspaper Evening edition

Cooking school for foreigners in Kura

Kura is a Japanese old style shed. 100 years old Kura was renovated for school.

Mrs. Asano lived in England 20 years ago with her husband for work. In England, she learned about English tea and sweets. It was a good experience for her. 5 years ago, she renovated Kura from a shed to a kitchen and a living room. Then she started the cooking school for foreigners.

English literature was her major in the university, so she is good at English.

When she came back to Japan from England she opened an English school for kids. Then she opened a cooking school.

She can explain everything about Japanese cooking and Japanese culture to students in English.

She always use seasonal ingredients from her garden, and teach her students "Importance of eating seasonal ingredients" She grows a lot of vegetables in her garden with her husband. So all vegetables are really fresh and tasty. She doesn't only teach them basic and traditional Japanese dishes but she also shows them how to make Japanese dishes by seasoning and ingredients from their countries. For example, making miso soup with bacon broth, making vegetable dressing with mustard instead of wasabi, making dishes with tomato paste instead of miso, and so on. She sometimes changes the seasoning depending on where her students come from. So foreigners can make Japanese dishes in their countries easily. They sometimes send some photos of Japanese dishes they made in their home countries to her.

She also gives the cooking lessons in English as a treat to kids who come to English school. They like making dishes and eating them.

Mrs. Asano said, "Eating is a good way to tell about language and culture".

Kura cooking brochures are now available! (PDF 2.8MB)

I would be grateful if you could introduce Kura-cooking to others.