A special class in a traditional Japanese house built 70 years ago in Choshi, Chiba
Besides our classes in Tokyo, we occasionally offer classes in the countryside:
Choshi, which is 2 hours from Tokyo station by express train, is located on a peninsula stretching into the Pacific Ocean in the far northeast corner of Chiba Prefecture. The small town is famous for great seafood, soy sauce factories and its dramatic coastline. Choshi is the easternmost corner of the Kanto region.
Choshi, which is 2 hours from Tokyo station by express train, is located on a peninsula stretching into the Pacific Ocean in the far northeast corner of Chiba Prefecture. The small town is famous for great seafood, soy sauce factories and its dramatic coastline. Choshi is the easternmost corner of the Kanto region.
We will pick you up at Choshi station and head to Mayuko's grandparents' house, which was built just after WWII. You can come to Choshi as a day trip or stay for a few days.
The house is a traditional Japanese house and has Japanese gardens.
Mother is teaching a guest how to position your shoes properly once you enter a home in Japan.
Chilling out in the traditional guest room. Also you will try making matcha.
Starting the cooking class.
Our old kitchen which has been used for over 50 years.
Menus are decided by what is fresh on the class day; on this day they were a main dish with fresh fish, tempura and miso soup. Guests leave the house with full tummies.
Choshi has the biggest harvest of fish in Japan, so we will use them a lot.
Guests are enjoying traditional Japanese cooking.
Bringing the meal to the dining room.
The menu was Chirashi zushi with fish, seasonal tempura and miso soup with sake.
After lunch, guests will receive recipes of the day.
Next Classes in Choshi are on June 12th, 13th, July 17th and 19th.
Guests can take the train at 7:37am at Tokyo station and arrive in Choshi at 9:34am.
Guests can take the train at 7:37am at Tokyo station and arrive in Choshi at 9:34am.
Learn about Choshi
The following excerpts are from Choshi 銚子 千葉県, by Johannes Schonherr, one of the Japan City Guides created by Japan Visitor. For the full article, please click here.
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Choshi is a city of about 65,000 inhabitants located on a peninsula stretching into the Pacific Ocean in the far northeast corner of Chiba Prefecture, just north of the long Kujukuri Coast. The city is famous for its seafood, soy sauce and its dramatic coastline, the easternmost of the Kanto region.
After the train leaves the environs of heavily industrialized Chiba City, the landscape outside the window turns into old-fashioned countryside. Rice paddies, vegetable fields, more rice paddies, serene-looking small towns, farmers driving their small tractors. Once getting here, you have definitely left the sprawling Tokyo Metropolitan Area behind you. |
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Though express trains straight from Tokyo Station frequently arrive in Choshi, Choshi Station is a tranquil small town station. A remote end of the urban transport system.
You can change at Choshi Station to the local, very cute and scenic Choshi Dentetsu Line, taking you to the most famous attractions of the town, the Inubozaki Lighthouse and the Tenbokan Horizon Observatory on Mount Atago. But it's certainly worth to explore the city first before going to the coast. Choshi Station has a little tourist information office and Japanese city maps are easily available there, an English-language town brochure as well. |
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Yamaju no Hishio soybean paste store
Iinuma Kannon Temple
Choshi dentetsu line train
Choshi Port Tower and Wosse 21 Fish Market
Yamasa Soy Sauce Company
