Food tours of Japan are the perfect way to discover and enjoy everything that makes Japan’s cuisine delicious and fascinating. When traveling or touring Japan, eating your way through the country is the best way to understand Japan’s culinary diversity and the unique regional cuisine. From sushi to ramen to street food and elegant high-end dining, tasting your way through the best of Japan’s cuisine is a great way to experience the destination’s extraordinary culinary culture which cannot always be experienced in guidebooks.
Discovering Japan’s Culinary Diversity
Japan has had an illustrious culinary history for generations but remains the place where tastes continue to evolve. Ingredients, sweet local dishes, traditional cuisine ,and other food delights are uncountable. In many cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka, participating in a Japan food tour will allow you to experience dishes that are signature to that area. Discover aspects of traditional Japanese cuisine. Get to know the authentic side of Japanese cuisine.
Take a food tour and go home with more than tasty memories of international cuisine. Regardless of whether you are eating rambunctious street food or dining elegantly on kaiseki ryori (traditional Japanese course meals), every morsel has hidden history and meaning!
Types of Food Tours in Japan
There’s a type of food tour for everyone out there, no matter your food preference.
Street Food Tours
Japan’s food culture is one of the most interesting aspects of the country. It is also no surprise that Japan has its own street food as well! A city like Osaka is heaven for the street food cult. All the food tours take you around upbeat areas like Dotonbori, providing a variety of options: takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kushikatsu, and many more. Have a love for traditional Japanese food culture? This is just a must for you!
Sake and Seafood Tours
Being a county perched on the waters’ edge, Japan is best known for its seafood, sushi, and sashimi. Join a food tour to two of the oldest and most popular markets, Tsukiji or Toyosu to appreciate the fresh ingredients of Japan’s local favorite cuisine. A food tour that highlights sushi and sashimi has to have sake as well, right? That strong traditional Japanese wine made from rice. Learn where the locals eat while drinking too!
Ramen Tours
Japan is obsessed with ramen! Everyone loves it, and it’s hard to find something else as universally loved by everyone no matter the region. The best way to learn about ramen, Japan’s favorite food, is on a food tour of its own. Ramen tours in many of the country’s cities allow you to try various types of ramen, like tonkotsu ramen in Fukuoka, miso ramen in Sapporo, or soy sauce ramen in Tokyo.
Kaiseki and Fine Dining
.For those looking to understand Japanese food at its most elegant, you can’t go past a kaiseki. Kaiseki is a traditional multi-course Japanese dinner that is as close as Japan has to fine dining. Japanese food tours offer a way you can eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant without spending a fortune.
Why Choose Food Tours of Japan?
- Expertise of Local Guides
One of the main attractions of a food tour is you can hear stories and explanations from the local guide. You eat a dish up on the plate but with the insight of a guide, you can have a wider view behind the flavors from ingredients to techniques.
- Access to Hidden Gems
A food tour usually takes you to a hidden area. Even if clients stay around a nice popular place, there must be several great little mom-and-pop restaurants, and shops just a walking distance of the client’s hotel without them even knowing it!
- Convenience
Planning dining for a vacation can be stressful, even when visiting a vibrant food city such as Tokyo. Sightseeing paired with eating is no problem though! Because anywhere you look in Tokyo there will be something interesting to see or eat!
Expanding Your Culinary Journey: International Culinary Tours
Japan is a wonderful place to eat, for food adventures and travelers. But why just stop at Japan? Go on an adventure on international culinary tours around the world to Italy, to Mexico, to Thailand, and everywhere else. Compare the use of ingredients and techniques. Compare what people eat in different regions of a country. It’s just fun, delicious — and everywhere, no matter where you are in the world, people are proud of their food!
Eat Your Way through Greatness!
Taking a food tour in Japan; there’s no better way to grasp the excitement of eating local food in one of the most diverse culinary countries! With its vast history of food culture eating its food experience, participants are able to learn and engage through stem dishes from noodle soup from a street vendor to sitting down to an elegant kaiseki meal. Whether your dreams are to explore Japan or the rest of the world through its flavors, the journey starts now!