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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Learn how to create traditional Japanese wagashi sweets with a tea ceremony
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arrow_right_alt arrow_downward- Learn how to make key ingredients, such as bean paste. (Demonstration only)
- Create three types of spring wagashi.
- Learn how to prepare, make, and drink matcha green tea during a Japanese tea ceremony.
- All ingredients will be gluten-free; however, the environment is not totally gluten-free.
- Wear a mask during a lesson.
- Two friendly dogs are on the premises, which will be kept outside during the lesson.
What you'll get
- Three delicious Japanese wagashi sweets, such as "Hanabi - Firework, " "Himawari - Sunflower, " and "Suika - Water melon"
- Taste matcha green tea
- Great discussion with like-minded people
- Insight into Japanese culture
- Recipes for everything you make
- All tools and ingredients provided
Knowledge required
This class is for anybody interested in Japanese sweets. Beginners are welcome
What to bring
Please bring your favourite apron, tea towels, mask and pen
Suitable for
This class is great for a team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.
This experience would also be a cool gift for her, gift for mum or Xmas gift.
Location
St Ives, NSW
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Recent reviews of Vegan and Gluten Free Japanese Sweets Class: Summer Menu
- 5/5 from Charles, attended Feb 2026: I attended this class with my daughter and it was an enjoyable introduction to making these very Wagashi sweets. Our teacher was very well prepared with a PowerPoint slide show, handouts with recipes and all the equipment we needed to make 3 special sweets. At the end of the class our teacher held a tea ceremony and we learnt more about this aspect of Japanese culture. Before drinking tea we ate our final creation which was a watermelon. Sumi is a great teacher and I look forward to doing more classes with her.
- 5/5 from Anna Nguyen, attended Mar 2025: Sumi is so attentive, patient and thorough in her teaching. Class environment was fun, the relaxing and informative. The dessert we made was so yummy. My friends and i really enjoyed our experience ️
- 5/5 from Serena Amabile, attended Mar 2025: The class was so nice and enjoyable. It was a relaxed environment and I was guided step by step during the creation of my desserts. I enjoyed learning about the tea ceremony as well.
- 5/5 from Everlyn Chiang, attended Mar 2024: We attended a Japanese Sweets class. The teacher was incredibly nice and lovely. She was patient, knowledgeable, and made the class enjoyable. The venue was comfortable and conducive to learning. The materials were provided. In the class, we learned how to make three types of nerikiri sweets: sunflower, fireworks, and Milky Way, all made of white bean paste. The instructions were easy to follow, and I gained valuable skills in Japanese sweet-making techniques. The class was definitely good value for money and what I liked most about the class was the hands-on experience and the opportunity to create beautiful and delicious Japanese sweets. The teacher's guidance and encouragement made the whole process enjoyable and fulfilling. Thank you Saikawa-san.
- 5/5 from Elizabeth Kelly, attended Mar 2024: I have always loved wagashi sweets so it was a beautiful tranquil experience to learn how to shape these myself and learn three different seasonal designs.
- 5/5 from Seul Lee, attended Mar 2024: Sumi was very friendly, loved her class! I will definitely revisit her class in the near future
- 5/5 from Joshua Chant, attended Mar 2024: Great experience and insightful intro to Japanese culture and sweets. The tea ceremony was special too.
- 5/5 from Agnes Choi, attended Apr 2023: I really enjoyed our wagashi class. Our teacher, Sumi Sensei, was very good in explaining and demonstrating the steps for each of the three wagashi we made today. The pace was just right and relaxing. So nice to take home the beautiful wagashi.
- 5/5 from Emily Antcliff, attended Feb 2023: Sumi was a lovely host and my husband and I really enjoyed such a personalised class. A great balance of teaching and hands on experience. We would love to come back and try all her classes!
- 5/5 from Meng Ye, attended Feb 2023: the workshop was great! learned a lot of Japanese culture. Overall, it was amazing experience. the Cake tasted so yummy.
- 5/5 from Meng Ye, attended Feb 2023: Teacher was very nice, taught us how to create and make matcha green tea. She was very positive, and I could feel she loved teaching. Love ClassBento!
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I was born in a Zen temple in Kobe Japan, which was an amazing environment to grow up in as a little kid. I was always in the kitchen to help make shojin ryori with mum (Temple cooking) for as long as I can remember for the temple. This was where my curiosity and fascination of food came from especially its part to play in culture and role it plays to keep the body and mind healthy.From there, I graduated from university and worked as a dietitian in Japan for many years before meeting my husband and coming to Australia. My husband and I immigrated to Australia over 27 years ago now where we have made ourselves a family with 2 (not so young anymore) children. Now, I run lots of health oriented - cooking classes including "shojin ryori" for people living in Australia and Japan from all stages of life from the elderly to children.My meal style: I try to give to initiative to prepare the foods even in a busy life. I appreciate the foods and I try to make food which will make me be happy.
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