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Kyoto Cooking Class: Ramen & Gyoza Delight
4.9
338 Ratings
Kyoto
Join a Kyoto cooking class to master ramen, gyoza, and fried rice with expert chefs. Perfect for food lovers and cultural explorers.
Join a Kyoto cooking class to master ramen, gyoza, and fried rice with expert chefs. Perfect for food lovers and cultural explorers.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Cozy Kitchen (Kyoto Ramen & Gyoza Cooking Class by MagicalTrip) - Create your own genuine Japanese ramen from scratch—knead, cut, and garnish your noodles!
Wrap your own gyoza and enjoy them with beer or sake for an ideal pairing.
Learn to prepare and relish Japan’s traditional lunch: ramen, gyoza, and fried rice, guided by professional chefs….
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Cozy Kitchen (Kyoto Ramen & Gyoza Cooking Class by MagicalTrip) - Create your own genuine Japanese ramen from scratch—knead, cut, and garnish your noodles!
Wrap your own gyoza and enjoy them with beer or sake for an ideal pairing.
Learn to prepare and relish Japan’s traditional lunch: ramen, gyoza, and fried rice, guided by professional chefs.
Receive a recipe guide to recreate these flavors at home, even after your journey!
What's Included
- Certified guide by MagicalTrip
- Learn to make Ramen, Gyoza & Fried Rice from scratch
- Guide takes photos and sends them via email
- Spend time with a ramen master and local guide
- Enjoy two drinks of your choice
- Downloadable recipes to recreate at home
- Certified guide by MagicalTrip
- Learn to make Ramen, Gyoza & Fried Rice from scratch
- Guide takes photos and sends them via email
- Spend time with a ramen master and local guide
- Enjoy two drinks of your choice
- Downloadable recipes to recreate at home
Meal Options
- Ramen, Gyoza & Fried Rice - Learn how to make these three delicious dishes from scratch!
- Ramen, Gyoza & Fried Rice - Learn how to make these three delicious dishes from scratch!
Additional Information
Join a tour with MagicalTrip, the proud recipient of the Tripadvisor Best of the Best Award. Every experience is guided by a MagicalTrip Certified Guide, who is professionally trained and carefully chosen to ensure both quality and authenticity.
Immerse yourself in Kyoto’s culinary scene with an interactive ramen cooking class. Learn to create ramen from…
Join a tour with MagicalTrip, the proud recipient of the Tripadvisor Best of the Best Award. Every experience is guided by a MagicalTrip Certified Guide, who is professionally trained and carefully chosen to ensure both quality and authenticity.
Immerse yourself in Kyoto’s culinary scene with an interactive ramen cooking class. Learn to create ramen from scratch, along with crispy gyoza and savory fried rice—three essentials of Japanese cuisine. This enjoyable and straightforward experience is perfect for beginners and food enthusiasts, teaching skills that can be replicated at home. Explore the rich history of ramen, from its beginnings in 1697 to the over 24,000 shops in Japan today. Ideal for couples, families, friends, or solo travelers, the class offers two complimentary drinks and step-by-step instruction from a ramen expert. Arrive with an appetite and delight in cooking, dining, and connecting through food.
- You will make a full meal of ramen, gyoza, and fried rice. We recommend considering your meal beforehand to ensure you can fully enjoy your creations.
- You will make a full meal of ramen, gyoza, and fried rice. We recommend considering your meal beforehand to ensure you can fully enjoy your creations.
- Please note that we use pork broth for the ramen, so even without meat toppings, it will not be vegetarian.
- The tour will start on time out of respect for all participants. Late arrivals will not be able to join, reschedule, or receive a refund.
- Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free requests. We also cannot guarantee allergy-free meals, as food is prepared in non-MagicalTrip kitchens. While substitutions may not always be possible, we will make efforts to adjust when feasible.
- Participants aged 6 and above are welcome. However, children must be supervised by an accompanying adult when handling knives or engaging in potentially dangerous steps.
- All cooking levels are welcome!
- The tour may be canceled in case of unsafe weather conditions.
- You do not need to cover the guide’s food and drinks.
- This is a group experience, and there may be other participants.
- The tour is not recommended for individuals with mobility issues. If you require accommodations, we suggest booking a private tour.
Location
「北緯35°物語」木村光佑
The meeting place is in front of the Latitude 35° Story Monument (北緯35°物語).Your guide will be waiting for you holding an orange board named MagicalTrip right in front of the monument.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(338 Ratings)
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900lekf
Mar 29, 2026
A must try if you love Ramen, Gyoza and Fried Rice! - Awesome experience with a great team. We cooked our own ramen, gyoza and fried rice + it was our lunch.
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Carisa_s
Mar 28, 2026
Amazing experience! Our... - Amazing experience! Our guide Tony was very helpful and kind. The chef was also amazing and the food was so good!! Highly recommend if you enjoy cooking.
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John_w
Mar 27, 2026
Kitchen chaos (in a good way) - Tasty food, high energy experience, learned a lot but didn't feel like work. Yuki was a lovely guide! Bottomless beverages a plus.
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Jameshsegil
Mar 27, 2026
Amazing - highly recommend - Amazing - highly recommended
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Sharaelz
Mar 27, 2026
Great family cooking activity! - Such a fun experience with Josh and Ai. Food was delicious and group was fun. Highly recommend with kids!
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Minasplatone
Mar 27, 2026
Great food/great experience - Amazing food and experience!
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Y7497dsnicolasb
Mar 22, 2026
Fun experience - We got to hand make noodles and take part in filling the gyoza, prepping veggies, and cooking the food. Fun and delicious!
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Paula
Apr 1, 2026
Would not recommend when you’re really interested about Japanese cuisine - Overall, I was disappointed. The ramen preparation consisted of kneading flour with water, salt, and baking powder, and then pressing the dough through a pasta machine. The ingredients (for example, marinated pork) were already prepared—our task was simply to cut them.
We didn’t learn how to make the broth; instead, we were asked to choose one, which was then poured over our “homemade” noodles along with pre-prepared toppings. When I asked how the broth is made—which is an essential part of ramen—the guide replied that it is the secret of each restaurant. But that’s exactly why I booked a cooking class: to learn how to make ramen.
As for the gyoza, there’s even less to say: the filling ingredients were already mixed in a bowl, and our task was simply to stir them and shape the gyoza.
(The dough was also readymade).
The instructor was friendly and created a good atmosphere, but she either couldn’t or wouldn’t answer questions about the preparation of the ingredients.
If you’re looking for an experience (including two free alcoholic drinks), I can recommend it. Sure it was fun to knead and learn about the Gyoza folding technique. However, if you genuinely want to learn about Japanese cooking, I would clearly not recommend this class.
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Nannhart
Mar 28, 2026
Dissapointing "beginners" class - In this cooking class you only learn to cut vegetables, make pasta, and fold dumplings. Everything else is being done for you. When we asked the instructor about this we were told that because it is a "beginners" cooking class we can't expect more.
The recipes we got home after the class don't explain how to cook the dishes properly, and when we asked for a more in dept recipe for the ramen stock we were told to "look it up" ourselves.
Everyone present at the cooking class ended up eating the same "pooled" food, so you didn't only eat what you yourself cooked. I was a bit worried about food safety and cleanliness of this.
We were not allowed to cook our own gyoza or fried rice as they explained that we were too many booked for the class on this day - which I think is entirely their fault and not ours.
Pictures were taken throughout the class, but if you didn't have an iphone they were not able to send you any pictures. We were told they would be available at a later time but none of us has seen anything to these pictures since, and it has been over a week.
All in all the actual class lasted for about 1 hour, and afterwards we were eating for maybe 40 mins. We felt a bit rushed since they had another class coming in after us and spent time preparing for this.
I'm giving 2 stars since the food tasted nice and we had free drinks. I would not recommend this class if you are looking for a fun activity for your Kyoto trip.
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O7605wjstevew
Mar 25, 2026
Don't waste your time and money - They have a 20 person maximum and we had 18 in our group. With 18 they told us there were too many people to go downstairs to do the fried rice and Gyoza parts. So we all basically just made some ramen dough and then had it shoved through a pasta cutter, boiled and put in a bowl of soup. They cooked the Gyoza and rice and what you end up with on this tour is what amounts to an overpriced lunch where you make some noodles. False advertising on what they are offering. If they can't deliver against larger bookings, they should not take the bookings. I would go out of my way to not recommend this cooking class.
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