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Tokyo Nerikiri Sweets & Matcha Class in Shibuya

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Duration1h 30m

GroupUp to 4

LanguagesEN · JA

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Shape Your Own Japanese Sweet Before Shibuya Wakes Up

You'll shape three traditional nerikiri designs, then create your own original sweet to take home. After that comes a casual matcha tea ceremony with premium sweets in a local home. The whole experience takes 90 minutes in a quiet pocket of Shibuya, starting before the neighborhood opens for the day, so you can move straight into sightseeing without backtracking.

1h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Meet at CHUMS Omotesando
Walk to host's home
Create three sample Nerikiri shapes
Make original Nerikiri design
Take home your Nerikiri creations
Participate in table-style tea ceremony
Enjoy freshly whisked matcha and sweets

The Experience

There's something about standing in someone's kitchen in a neighborhood you don't know yet, about to make something with your hands that you've only ever seen in a shop window. That's the pull of this class — you're not watching a demonstration, you're actually shaping nerikiri, those delicate bean paste sweets that look almost too perfect to eat. The host walks you through three sample designs first (seasonal shapes, mostly), and then you get to invent your own. Ninety minutes, and everything you make comes home with you.

The class happens in a traditional Tokyo home just three minutes from Omotesando Station, which means you're in one of the city's quietest, most elegant neighborhoods — the kind where you can actually hear yourself think before the day gets loud. The 9 AM slot is deliberate: shops don't open until eleven, so you finish here, take a breath, and then walk straight into Shibuya, Harajuku, or over to Meiji Shrine without any rush. If morning doesn't work, there are sessions at 1 PM and 3:30 PM too. The host meets you outside the CHUMS building on Omotesando, and it's a thirty-second walk from there to the place.

After you've made your sweets, there's a table-style tea ceremony — nothing formal or intimidating, just matcha whisked fresh and poured into a bowl you hold, paired with premium Japanese sweets sourced from different regions. It's the kind of moment that feels small until you're in it. Families bring kids, couples come solo or together, and the whole thing is vegan and vegetarian-friendly. The host also shows you around the home itself, so you get a real sense of how people actually live in Tokyo, not just how the city looks from the street.

What’s included

Your 90-minute class includes all materials to make three sample nerikiri designs plus one original creation, freshly whisked matcha, premium Japanese sweets from across Japan, and a casual tea ceremony in the host's home.
Everything you make is yours to take home.
All fees and taxes are included.

Good to know

Stroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Mum Japanese sweets studio

Is this one for you?This works well if you want to start your Tokyo morning with something hands-on before the crowds arrive and the shops open — the early slot gets you finished and into Shibuya by late morning, and you leave with sweets you actually made yourself instead of just bought.