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[Niigata] Doma Cooking Experience: Kenchin-jiru with Local Uonuma vegetable (Niigata)
Book now for 18 Mar 2026
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- Overview
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- Cook with a local cuisine master and learn the wisdom of snow country living
- Use a traditional kamado stove that has been in use for over 50 years
- Experience authentic earthen-floor cooking in a nostalgic rural setting
- Discover Uonuma’s local flavors and traditional food culture
- Enjoy a unique cultural experience at the historic ryokan, Ryugon
- What to expect
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Learn the Wisdom of Snow Country: Earthen-Floor Cooking ~Uonuma Flavors Cooked Over a Traditional Kamado Stove with a Local Cuisine Master~ Step through ryugon's gate and turn right to find the old-fashioned earthen-floor space. There, a kamado stove used for over 50 years still serves its purpose today, while the faint scent of pickles drifts through the air, creating a quintessential rural atmosphere. Why not learn about the unique food culture and wisdom of daily life in this region by “making” it together with a mother who is a master of local cuisine, deeply knowledgeable about life in the snow country?