YUCa’s Japanese Cooking Tokyo

YUCa’s Japanese Cooking is one of Tokyo’s most celebrated culinary experiences, having been selected as TripAdvisor’s number one Japanese cooking class in Japan every year from 2018 through 2025. Led by YUCa, a passionate and highly skilled Japanese chef and cooking instructor, the school is based in a private kitchen studio in Tokyo and offers seven distinct class formats, each lasting approximately two and a half hours and centred on a different aspect of Japanese home cooking and culinary culture. Sessions are conducted entirely in English, making them accessible and genuinely educational for visitors from around the world. Each class is truly hands-on, with every participant preparing dishes from scratch under YUCa’s attentive guidance. The programme covers a range of classic Japanese dishes drawn from the everyday home kitchen, including dashi broth, miso soup, Japanese rice, sushi, teriyaki, and seasonal preparations, always with a focus on understanding the principles behind the dishes rather than simply following a recipe. YUCa is also well known for her popular Japanese food recipe website and smartphone app, her family cooking vlogs, and her seasonal guides to eating and experiencing Japan, making her school an excellent portal into the broader world of Japanese culinary culture.