Tours and tastings that visit Yamaya Mentaiko Making Experience
Tip: Reserve through Visit Fukuoka in advance. Wear clothes you can roll up the sleeves on to the elbow.
Location
Address: Yamaya Factory Terrace, 1-1 Aoki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-0066
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Fukuya Mentaiko Factory Experience ★ 4.3
Fukuya's mentaiko factory runs a hands-on class teaching the brand's signature cure. The renovated 2025 facility includes a tasting room finish.
TipReserve through the Fukuya site. Tour combined with the retail floor.
byFood Hakata Ramen and Gyoza Home Cooking Class ★ 4.3
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.
TipReserve through byFood. Small-group home format with English-speaking host.
AirKitchen Fukuoka Home Cooking ★ 4.2
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.
TipReserve through AirKitchen's site. Host language varies; English filter available.
More cooking classes in Fukuoka
Fukuya Mentaiko Factory Experience ★ 4.3
Fukuya's mentaiko factory runs a hands-on class teaching the brand's signature cure. The renovated 2025 facility includes a tasting room finish.
TipReserve through the Fukuya site. Tour combined with the retail floor.
byFood Hakata Ramen and Gyoza Home Cooking Class ★ 4.3
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.
TipReserve through byFood. Small-group home format with English-speaking host.
AirKitchen Fukuoka Home Cooking ★ 4.2
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.
TipReserve through AirKitchen's site. Host language varies; English filter available.
Cookly Fukuoka Japanese Home Cooking Class ★ 4.3
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.
TipReserve via Cookly's site; English-language host filter available.