Operators / Making wagashi with a confectioner
YANESEN Tourist Information & Culture Center
谷根千観光文化情報センター
Ueno & Yanaka · Nippori (JR / Keisei lines)
Why we recommend it
Run through Yanaka's own tourist information and culture center rather than a general events agency, this workshop is taught by an English-speaking local instructor in the low-rise, old-Tokyo streets the neighborhood is known for. It leans into Yanaka's identity as a shitamachi craft district, pairing sweet-making with a tea tasting rather than treating it as a stand-alone cooking class.
- How to book
- Book online through the "Book Now" button on the tour page, or email reservation@ti-yanesen.jp; groups of two to fifteen, or private lessons, can be arranged.
- English
- yes
- Price band
- ¥¥
- Allow
- 75 min
- Group size
- Groups of 2-15, or private one-on-one lessons
- Station
- Nippori (JR / Keisei lines)
- Verified
- 2026-09-25
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