Yamaya Mentaiko Making Experience is a cooking class in Hakata, Fukuoka.
Yamaya's hands-on mentaiko-making experience teaches the salt cure and seasoning of cod roe at the Factory Terrace. Bilingual guide on request.
Tip: Reserve through Visit Fukuoka in advance. Wear clothes you can roll up the sleeves on to the elbow.
Address: Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-0066, Japan
Fukuya's mentaiko factory runs a hands-on class teaching the brand's signature cure. The renovated 2025 facility includes a tasting room finish.
Tip: Reserve through the Fukuya site. Tour combined with the retail floor.
byFood's Hakata Ramen and Gyoza class is hosted in a Fukuoka home kitchen, teaching shoyu Hakata-style ramen, gyoza folding and a mini pork bowl finish.
Tip: Reserve through byFood. Small-group home format with English-speaking host.
AirKitchen pairs visitors with Fukuoka home cooks for two-to-three hour classes in Japanese home cooking, mentaiko sides and family-style hot-pot dishes.
Tip: Reserve through AirKitchen's site. Host language varies; English filter available.
Fukuya's mentaiko factory runs a hands-on class teaching the brand's signature cure. The renovated 2025 facility includes a tasting room finish.
Tip: Reserve through the Fukuya site. Tour combined with the retail floor.
byFood's Hakata Ramen and Gyoza class is hosted in a Fukuoka home kitchen, teaching shoyu Hakata-style ramen, gyoza folding and a mini pork bowl finish.
Tip: Reserve through byFood. Small-group home format with English-speaking host.
AirKitchen pairs visitors with Fukuoka home cooks for two-to-three hour classes in Japanese home cooking, mentaiko sides and family-style hot-pot dishes.
Tip: Reserve through AirKitchen's site. Host language varies; English filter available.
Cookly Fukuoka pairs visitors with local home cooks for hands-on Japanese home cooking classes in central Fukuoka: gyoza, dashi technique and mentaiko side dishes.
Tip: Reserve via Cookly's site; English-language host filter available.
