Create your own Hakata ramen and enjoy a relaxed tea ceremony in a 70-year-old traditional Japanese house.
Discover a different side of Fukuoka through food and everyday culture.
In this small-group experience, you will cook your own Hakata-style ramen in a traditional Japanese house and finish with a relaxed matcha tea experience in a cosy tea room.
Your guide will meet you at didi’s house, a charming 70-year-old Japanese home tucked away in a quiet area.
Your host SONOGA didi will introduce herself and the house.
With nearly 30 years of experience working with cultures across Asia, she enjoys sharing everyday aspects of Japanese life with visitors.
You will also learn about Hakata ramen and why it became one of Fukuoka’s most famous foods, originally created for workers in the busy port district.
Next, it’s time to step into the kitchen and start cooking.
Together with your host, you will prepare Hakata-style ramen, known for its rich pork bone broth.
The broth base and noodles are prepared in advance, as authentic tonkotsu broth requires many hours of cooking.
This allows you to focus on the fun part—customising your own bowl.
You can adjust the seasoning of the soup, choose how firm you would like the noodles,
and add classic toppings often found in Hakata and Nagahama ramen shops.
The result is a bowl of ramen tailored to your own taste.
Once everything is ready, let's enjoy the ramen you created together.
Unlike the quick style of ramen shops, this experience allows you to relax and enjoy your meal slowly in a friendly, home-style atmosphere.
After the meal, the experience continues upstairs in the house’s cosy tea room.
Here you will enjoy a casual matcha experience with Japanese sweets.
Your host will introduce basic tea etiquette and the cultural meaning behind matcha in Japan.
This experience offers a unique opportunity to explore Fukuoka’s food culture while also stepping into the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese home.
By the end of the tour, you will not only have tasted Hakata ramen—you will have created it yourself and experienced a warm moment of everyday Japanese life.
