Cooking & baking
Kanshundo Japanese Sweets (Wagashi) Making Class
甘春堂 和菓子作り体験
Higashiyama · near Kiyomizu-Gojo (Keihan Line)
Kanshundo Japanese Sweets (Wagashi) Making Class in Higashiyama. Kids shape four seasonal wagashi by hand in a historic wooden building, then eat their own creations with matcha.
Why children love it: Kids shape four seasonal wagashi by hand in a historic wooden building, then eat their own creations with matcha.
Honest drawbacks: The delicate moulding takes patience and it is a sit-down class, so wriggly toddlers struggle.
Kanshundo Japanese Sweets (Wagashi) Making Class
- Best for
- Primary (5–11), Teens (12–17)
- Time to allow
- 2h
- Opening hours
- Classes about 4 times daily by reservation; Higashiyama (near Kiyomizu-dera) and Sagano shops
- Price
- Standard course ¥3,300 per person (tax incl.), ~75 min, matcha included; reservation recommended
- Booking
- Usually walk-in
- English
- ★★★☆☆
- Indoor / weather
- indoor · rainy-day ok
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