Prepare the auspicious vegan dishes served on special occasions at the local post towns

Kanazawa used to be a post town along the Koshu Kaido, a road that connected the Shinano and Kai province (current Nagano and Yamanashi prefecture) to Edo (modern-day Tokyo).
Back at the time, weddings, funerals, and other important functions used to be held at home, where fusuma sliding doors were temporarily taken aside to create one big room for the guests.
On such special occasions, every household would do their best to prepare what at the time was considered a luxurious meal. Funerals, in particular, required serving auspicious meatless food.

During this activity, you will get to make two of these auspicious foods: Shime Tofu and Abura-age Rolls. Shime Tofu is a dish made by forcing a big chunk of tofu inside a rice straw bundle. Abura-age rolls, instead, are deep-fried tofu wraps filled with vegetables.
The other two dishes change depending on the season. You may prepare some dainty agar cakes or miso soup with yam paste.

To guide you through this experience are the town’s cute grannies. They will share with you all the secrets of traditional cuisine and help you prepare a truly delicious meal.
Once everything is ready, let’s sit at the table and enjoy dinner with the grannies.
*Vegetarian and vegan options available. If you have any allergy or other dietary restriction, please inform the staff at the moment of reservation