Nishiki Market Walking Food Tour With Gyoza Workshop
Description
You will first sample gyoza at Nishiki Gyoza. After that, you’ll explore Nishiki Market while receiving guidance on which ingredients to buy to enhance your gyoza filling. As you stroll through the market, you’ll get expert recommendations on the best ingredients to use. Once you’ve selected your favorite ingredients, you’ll take a taxi to Samurai Gyoza Factory Kyoto, a traditional Kyoto townhouse, where you’ll make gyoza from scratch.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Buy some gyoza from “Nishiki Gyoza” and taste them. Here, you’ll get a feel for the gyoza and start imagining what ingredients you’d like to mix into the filling.
For the first 15 minutes, you will walk with the guide without stopping until you reach Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine. During this time, you will take a quick look at the atmosphere of Nishiki Market and see what ingredients are being sold that you might want to use for your gyoza.
From Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine, you’ll take about 30 minutes to walk back through the market, this time stopping to purchase any extra ingredients you’d like to add to your gyoza. *Please note that the main filling — including meat and vegetables — is already prepared. You’ll only be buying additional raw ingredients that don’t require any cooking. Some shops may not accept credit cards, so please be sure to bring cash with you.
Finally, you’ll take the ingredients you purchased and move to a traditional Kyoto-style townhouse (machiya), where you’ll make your gyoza from scratch.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(6)
Maya was very knowledgeable and was a pleasure to talk with. There many shops to visit at the Nishiki Market with alot of samples to try. Maya provided alot of history was able to help communicate with the vendors for me. The cooking process was fun and simple. I highly recommend trying out the class.
Thank you so much for your kind review! We’re glad you enjoyed the class, learning with Maya, and exploring Nishiki Market. Your recommendation means a lot, and we’d love to welcome you again!
A friend from Kyoto recommended this activity to me, which is why I did the tour with a group of friends. It was a lot of fun! Doing the tour together with Maya at Nishiki Market was very exciting, especially because you could get rid of all kinds of questions that come to mind on such an occasion. During the tour we also had the opportunity to taste Japanese sake. The ingredients usually used are provided at the Gyoza workshop anyway, but if you want to get creative, you can buy additional ingredients during the tour. The Gyoza workshop itself was also a very nice experience, we learned how to make our own Gyoza step by step and learned a lot about Japanese cuisine and culture. In the end we ate our masterpieces together and got the recipe of the Gyoza as a parting gift. I would recommend the tour to anyone who wants to get a deeper insight into Japanese cuisine and is looking for another activity in addition to visiting sights.
Thank you so much for joining our Nishiki Market Tour and Gyoza Workshop—and for this wonderful, detailed review! We’re so happy to hear that your experience with Maya was fun and informative, and that you enjoyed the sake tasting and shopping for extra ingredients to make your gyoza truly unique. It’s great to know that the hands-on cooking and cultural insights made the workshop memorable for you and your friends. Your kind recommendation means a lot to us! We hope your homemade gyoza recipe brings back delicious memories, and we’d love to welcome you to one of our classes on your next trip to Kyoto.
It was my first time making gyoza from dough and I was excited to see what they would do. It was fun to knead and stretch the dough with the authentic recipe! The staff also taught us in an easy-to-understand manner, and we were having fun making it together and time passed so quickly! The dumplings I made were delicious!! It was great ⭐️
嬉しいコメントをありがとうございます！✨ 初めての餃子作りにワクワクしながらご参加いただけたとのこと、とても嬉しいです😊「最高でした⭐️」とのお言葉、本当に励みになります🥟
The dumpling workshop with maya was incredible:) I really enjoyed all the steps but especially eating q: I definitely recommend to anyone who wants to experience some japanese culture!
Thank you so much for your lovely message! 😊 We’re so glad you had an incredible time with Maya and enjoyed every step — especially the eating part (we totally agree, that’s the best part! 😄)
There is a seafood market where you can try octopus, a matcha store with millions of different sorts of sweet stuff - and the best thing is - you can try a very cheap saki 🤪. This is Kyotos kitchen and you really meet the locals here . Maya is very knowledgeable , a good photographer and just an amazing, wonderful and cheerful person! The cooking class was excellent , Maya leads through it with lots of fun and patience . She has answers for every question and is very helpful and just the best ! The dumplings were delicious and honestly the best ones I’ve ever tried !
Thank you so much for your amazing review! We’re thrilled you enjoyed both the market tour and cooking class with Maya. She’s truly one of a kind, and we’re glad her knowledge and energy made the experience so special. We’re especially happy you loved the dumplings — hope to see you again soon! 🥟😊
Maya is incredibly friendly and open-minded - the course was a lot of fun and I learned a lot about Japanese cooking and culture - Maya was able to competently answer all questions and we laughed a lot . She also shows some tricks. I recommend this event to everyone ! It tasted absolutely delicious and the atmosphere was very relaxed - you could have a good conversation besides the preparation. Maya speaks perfect English and also Spanish and is very warm . You feel like you're part of a family. Danke Maya ! You're great and turned a cooking class into a real special experience.
Vielen herzlichen Dank für diese wunderbare Rückmeldung! Es freut uns sehr zu hören, dass du so viel Spaß hattest und Maya dir ein unvergessliches Erlebnis bereitet hat. Wir schätzen deine Empfehlung sehr und hoffen, dich bald wieder bei uns begrüßen zu dürfen! 🥟😊
