Itinerary
- Days 1 - 3
Arrival in Tokyo
Included Activities
- Airport pick-up from Narita or Haneda by public transport with escort to accommodation
Landmarks Narita International Airport Haneda Airport 
- Days 4 - 28
Language and Cooking Lessons in Tokyo
- Meals
- Lunch (Meals from cooking lessons (approximately 1 hour of dining after each 1.5 hour cooking class, 8 times over 4 weeks))
Included Activities
- Intensive Japanese language lessons (Monday-Friday, 9:10-12:40, 20 lessons x 50 minutes per week)
- Cooking class Lesson 1 - Japanese food basics (5 taste concepts, 5 colours, 5 methods, chopstick manners, grilled fish, steamed egg custard, spinach with sesame sauce, pork miso soup, white rice)
- Cooking class Lesson 2 - Easy Japanese dining table setup with rice pot cooking (Oyakodon, mizuna and jako salad, instant radish pickles, tofu and shiitake mushroom miso soup)
- Cooking class Lesson 3 - Colorful bento with five colors (Fried chicken, boiled hijiki, tamagoyaki, boiled spinach, kinpira burdock root, white rice bento)
- Cooking class Lesson 4 - The concept of Sashisuseso (Nabe-daki rice, mackerel simmered in miso, meat and potatoes, vinegared seaweed, ginger and cucumber, miso soup)
- Cooking class Lesson 5 - The role of seasonings in Japanese food and how to make dashi (Mixed rice or sekihan, boiled in Chikuzen, horse mackerel pickled in Nanban, clear soup)
- Cooking class Lesson 6 - Japanese Sweets 1 (Mizuyokan)
- Cooking class Lesson 7 - Japanese Sweets 2 (Kingyoku and Nerikiri)
- Cooking class Lesson 8 - Other Japanese dishes (Cutlet curry rice and Japanese potato salad or Dumplings and Hiyashi Chuka)
Landmarks Omiya - Days 29 - 30
Travel to Internship Location
Optional Activities
- Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Niigata (to Sado internship location)
- Bus in Niigata (to Sado internship location)
- Ferry from Niigata Port to Sado Port (if internship on Sado Island)
- Travel to Ise Shima internship location
- Travel to Iwate internship location
Landmarks Sado Island Ise Shima Iwate 
- Days 31 - 89
Restaurant Internship
Included Activities
- Restaurant internship as assistant to local chefs (4-5 days per week, 4-8 hours per day)
- Day 90
Return to Tokyo and Departure
Optional Activities
- Return travel to Tokyo from internship location
