Kyoto Traditional Japanese Sweets Workshop

Private Lessons

If you can’t make it to any of the regular classes, or if you would like to learn to make a sweet that’s not on the schedule, why not book a private lesson? You can take a fun lesson only with your family or friends.

In this lesson, you can
・make two pieces of sweets with each
・get recipes
・learn and use traditional Wagashi making tools

Maximum capacity: 8 people

Children are welcome!

We are very sorry, but we are taking a long vacation from November 25 to December 14, 2024.

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Options

A: Chrysanthemum (1 hour)　

Fee: JPY6,300 per person for 3 or more, JPY15,000 for 1 or 2 people.

B: Two kinds of wagashi (1.5 hour)

Fee: JPY7,500 per person for 3 or more, JPY22,000 for 1 or 2 people.

C: Three kinds of wagashi (2 hours）

Fee: JPY10,000 per person for 3 or more, JPY27,000 for 1 or 2 people.

Wagashi

Participants can also choose to make any of the sweets featured below.

1.Chrysanthemum

ingredients: sugar, sticky rice flour, bean paste,natural food coloring(dextrin)

2.Hydrangea

ingredients: sugar, ager, starch syrup, white bean paste,natural food coloring(dextrin)

3.Clematis florida

ingredients: sugar, sticky rice flour, kudzu-starch, bean paste, natural food coloring(dextrin)

4.Cherry blossom

ingredients: sugar, sticky rice flour, bean paste, cherry leaf, natural food coloring(dextrin)

5.Ichigo Daifuku (Approximately from December to June)

ingredients: sugar, sticky rice flour, bean paste, strawberry

6. Macha Daifuku

ingredients: sugar, sticky rice flour, bean paste, Macha

7. Warabi-mochi

ingredients: sugar, some types of starch

Please contact us if there are any ingredients such as food coloring, syrup, etc. that cannot be used.

The sweets in the list above keep for only one day. Participants will get to make two of each sweet they choose. They can sample some of their sweets in class – together with a cup of tea from award-winning tea merchant Rishouen – and take the rest home with them. Recipes in English will also be provided.

Payment :

In order to keep your reservation, please make the online payment by the following method. We'll send you an email about online payment Square (https://squareup.com/us/en?country_redirection=true) after reservation.
We only accept payment in Japanese yen. You can use a major credit card.
After confirmation of payment, we will notify you of the status of your reservation.

Cancellation policy:

Applicants who withdraw 48h of their class will be charged the lesson fee in full. Cancellations made two or three days before the class will incur a charge equivalent to half of the lesson fee. Cancellations up to 4 days prior to the lesson will be refunded minus a deposit of JPY1000 per person.

Booking:

If you do not receive a reply within three business days, please contact us. wagashi.issho@gmail.com

Location:

Wagashi Issho is conveniently located in central Kyoto, about 10 minutes by foot from the Shijo subway station (Karasuma Line).

Address: 143 Honeyacho; 2F G&G Building; Nakagyo-ku; Kyoto 604-8064

map: WAGASHI ISSHO