[One-Day-Only Market Kitchen] Grasp the “Gan-gan” Spirit of Otaru’s Merchant Roots: An Onigiri Class with a Seafood Expert

• Experience local daily life with the hustle and bustle of the market as your background music.
• An Otaru-based seafood expert will carefully teach you how to prepare the ingredients.
• Learn professional Onigiri techniques that you can recreate at home.
• Interact while sharing stories about Otaru food culture known only to locals.

Set within the deeply nostalgic atmosphere of Otaru Central Market, this special culinary experience connects you with the “indomitable spirit” of the women who once supported the local economy, carrying heavy tin cans on their backs.

With the hustle and bustle of the market as your background music, an Otaru-based seafood expert will provide careful instruction on making exquisite Onigiri using local ingredients. The exquisite hand pressure that brings out the full flavor of the rice and the techniques to make the most of the ingredients are lifelong skills you can recreate at home.

The highlight of the experience is the social time after cooking. Savor your freshly pressed Onigiri while listening to stories about the history of predecessors who lived resiliently in nature’s harshness, and deep food culture known only to locals. Enjoy a rich, immersive moment that goes beyond a simple cooking class, connecting you deeply with the origins of Otaru’s “food” and “people.”

・2-6 participants
・Private tour

Otaru Station or nearby accommodations

Meeting Address
2 Chome-22-15 Inaho, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0032

Clothes and shoes that are comfortable to move around in

Length of trip: 1 day

Tour conductor: No accompaniment.

【Tour planning and implementation】

Hokkaido Takarajima Travel Co., Ltd.

Registered with the Governor of Hokkaido, Travel Agency No. 2-597 / Full member of the All Japan Association of Travel Agents (ANTA)
9F Daito Building, 8-1 Minami 2-jo Higashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0052

Domestic travel business manager: Hayashi Naoki

・The domestic travel business manager is the person responsible for your travel transactions. If you have any questions about the explanation given by the person in charge regarding this travel contract, please feel free to contact the domestic travel business manager listed above by email.

・This product is a packaged travel product of Hokkaido Takarajima Travel Co., Ltd. Please be sure to check the travel business terms and conditions (URL below) before applying.

Link URL
https://hokkaido-takarajima.com/pdf/yakkan/ryokojoken.pdf

A cancellation fee of 100% is charged if cancelled after the start of the event or in case of a no-show
A cancellation fee of 50% is charged if cancelled on the day of, before the start of the event
A cancellation fee of 40% is charged if cancelled 1 day or less before the event
A cancellation fee of 30% is charged if cancelled 7 days or less before the event
A cancellation fee of 20% is charged if cancelled 10 days or less before the event