Cooking classes give visitors to Japan an experience to savor

Overseas tourists seek out novelty and personal interactions off the beaten path

Yayoi Kiyonari, right, shows Stephane Bavantro and his wife how to prepare okonomiyaki at her home in Tokyo. (Photo by Sadayasu Senju )

SADAYASU SENJU, Nikkei staff writer

August 27, 2018 12:12 JST

TOKYO -- Ask visitors to Japan to name a few local dishes and they might list sushi, tempura or sukiyaki. But these days, more overseas tourists are learning about Japanese home cooking, which is very different from what one typically sees in in-flight magazines.