[Saitama] Eel and Fresh Wasabi Grating Experience (Kawagoe, Saitama)
- Overview
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- ●This is a tour where you can enjoy Japanese cuisine and Kaiseki cuisine, a wasabi grating experience, and sake in a tourist destination that is less crowded compared to Kyoto, Osaka, and Mt. Fuji, even though it is a short distance from Tokyo!
- ,●Observe live eels, a high-class ingredient, up close and watch the process of eels being cooked in a live performance. An English guide will teach you about eel food culture in a fun quiz.
- ,●After experiencing grating fresh wasabi yourself, the spiciness of which varies depending on how you grate it, you can enjoy pairing the wasabi with Kaiseki cuisine. You can experience pairing sake and dishes selected for this tour (optional fee).
- ,●A craftsman with over 40 years of experience will teach you how to cook eel and how to eat eel in a way that you can only learn here.
- ,●Experience authentic eel dishes and performances that you cannot taste on izakaya or food tours, and enjoy eel, which Japanese people love as much as yakiniku, shabu-shabu, and yakitori, on a food cul
- What to expect
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Enjoy a food experience where you can watch the performance of an eel chef with over 40 years of experience, and enjoy Japanese and Kaiseki cuisine with sake and wasabi! Eel is a special ingredient that is more luxurious than sushi, ramen, tempura, and soba, and that Japanese people eat on celebratory occasions. Experience a special food culture that you can't experience at izakayas or food tours! Kawagoe is easily accessible, just 30 minutes by train from the heart of Tokyo, and is a popular tourist destination with a traditional townscape that looks like samurai and ninjas live there. Compared to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Mt. Fuji, it is not crowded, and we also recommend a plan where you can enjoy Chichibu and Moomin Valley Park in the morning, and enjoy walking around Kawagoe in a kimono from the evening.
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