Bento Box Cooking Class in Kyoto: Learn Traditional Japanese Meal Crafting

Join a 3-hour cooking class in Kyoto and learn the art of crafting a traditional Japanese bento box meal. Master chefs will guide you in creating delicious dishes and you get to enjoy your own creation!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cooking Sun - Morning Bento Class is a great way to learn about typical Japanese dishes such as sushi, tempura and miso soup. In addition, you will learn the cultural background of the well-known Japanese ‘Bento’. During the 2.5-3 hour class, we will demonstrate and explain the tricks to making these beautiful dishes and then you will give it a try. After you finish cooking, you will enjoy the bento lunch you just made!
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • All cooking ingredients provided
  • Apron supplied
  • English-speaking cooking instructor
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
  • Gomaae Sesame Salad
  • Miso soup
  • Teriyaki Chicken
  • Tempura
  • Sushi roll
Additional Information

The bento box is a classic element of Japanese tradition. It’s often considered the ideal meal: each partition of the box could hold an egg roll, rice, pickled veggies, breaded chicken, and even a savory miso soup. The term ‘bento’ originates from an older Japanese word that means ‘convenient’, and this compact meal solution undoubtedly fits the bill….

Location
Cooking Sun
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Christine_w
Oct 21, 2025
The best cooking class! - Fantastic cooking experience! It was very well organised, very clear instructions to follow and easy to understand and most importantly, delicious food. Highly recommend.
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Alexlm3926ko
Oct 14, 2025
Cooking sun bento class - This was a great experience. That chefs/hosts made it such a pleasant experience. We had done the Osaka Sun cooking walking tour the day before and then this and both were fantastic. Would do again.
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Janelle_r080760
Sep 26, 2025
Fabulous Bento demonstration - Our time at Cooking Sun was well worth the $75 and the 3.5 hours of time spent. We had 3 lovely chefs helping us to make the ingredients from start to fill our Bento Box lunch Amongst the recipes were sushi, miso soup, gomaae, tempura, teriyaki chicken which were all delicious I would highly recommend this activity while in Kyoto
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213tanjam
Aug 7, 2025
Great Japanese Cooking Experience - We booked the Bento-Box course and we had a brilliant experience. Whatever we cooked was incredibly tasty and all the different flavours added up to a perfect lunch-time snack. As I do not eat meat they easily changed my recipes so I created yummy tofu dishes instead of the meaty variety. I can only recommend this course, since the dishes as well as the overall atmosphere were fantastic.
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Lisa
Jul 4, 2025
Best Kyoto Cooking Class - My husband, niece, sister in law, and I took the Bento Box cooking class on July 3, from 9:30-12:30. We had a wonderful time chatting and learning not only how to prepare five dishes but also some Kyoto cooking traditions. Both instructors were so knowledgeable and encouraging. I’d highly recommend this activity for all ages.
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Gillian
Jun 30, 2025
A great morning. - Lovely instructor, with great English. Whole experience was fun & informative, & we learnt a lot. We would recommend this lesson & absolutely say don’t have a big breakfast! We brought some sushi away with us! We would also recommend getting a taxi if you aren’t in easy walking distance, for us it wasn’t an easy hop on just one train or bus & it was very hot, too hot to walk. Thank you Cooking Sun
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Sam
Jun 11, 2025
A must do - Such a great wee class. Everything is perfectly prepped for you, excellent demonstrations are given and you get a chance to do everything yourself. Food was very tasty and our two teachers were very lovely.
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Wanderer07565834075
Jun 8, 2025
Best cooking class I've ever taken. - This was literally so much fun! We are so glad we took the bento class because we felt like the recipes would be easy enough to replicate once we get home. The best part was learning to make the rolled egg. Not only did we leave with recipes to use, we also felt like we gained a lot of knowledge about general cooking protocols in Japan. The instructors gave us instruction throughout each step, not only on what to do in each recipe, but also which ingredients to look for in the store and how those ingredients are used in other recipes as well. Truly worth your money-- and a super fun time! Plus, you get to eat what you created at the end!
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Katymm1961or
May 5, 2025
Amazing! - Had an amazing experience at Cooking Sun, the lady that did our class was lovely and taught us about the ingredients and traditions of Japanese cooking. Everything was very organised and we got to eat our bento boxes after. Would recommend anyone coming to Japan to do this class!
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Pascalpj9601tx
Oct 23, 2025
Great intro class - Great class! We attended the Bento box class with the family. The recipes were simple, instructions clear and english was good. Plus, you get to eat the food after!
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From $68
up to 4 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).