Yonner food Cooking studio
We have a variety of lesson menus and courses to learn home cooking from the basics, centering on Ryukyu cuisine, from the desire to preserve the wisdom of our predecessors in the experience of being born and raised in Okinawa and to pass on the treasures of Okinawa to posterity. ..
In addition to cooking classes for locals, Yonna Food offers a cooking class "Yonna Food Okinawa Living Experience" that starts with shopping at the market as an experience plan for traveling to Okinawa, and is used by many people.
* "Yonna Food Okinawa Living Experience"
This is an experience plan adopted for the Okinawa Prefecture OKINWA type industry support fund project in 2012.
Experience Okinawa Living with Yonner food
Shopping in the Market・Cooking class・Okinawa food stuff・Okinwa Culture
For those who want to enjoy strolling around the public market
and shopping, cooking and tasting like living there!!
The Yonner food（Okinawan dialect) meaning is slow food
You can learn about Okinawa's slow food through experience
Yonner food story
Okinawa's kitchen, Makishi Public Market in Naha City, is an important place for local people's daily life.
They handle abundant ingredients such as pork, dried food, and island vegetables that are indispensable for Okinawan cuisine.
Yonner food provide special time, “Okinawa Living Experience”, choosing ingredients at the market and you can enjoy cooking in a cozy kitchen with your teacher. You can also learn the food culture of Okinawa, enjoy communication at the market, taste Okinawan home- cooked food, and get to know Okinawa more deeply.
That is the form of "Okinawa living experience" of Yonner Food.
(in Okinawan dialect)
* Yonner= slowly
* Yuntaku = Talking
Classes & Workshops
Please note that all lessons will be suspended for one month in February 2026 due to classroom relocation.
We have 6 courses of cooking class experiences.
Standard course: Popular recipes of 4 dishes of traditional Okinawan cuisine.
Short course: Okinawan Peanuts Tofu or Handmade Okinawa Soba Noodle.
(Both courses are fixed menu)
Special course: Just for you who want to learn more about Okinawa's food culture and ingredients in greater depth. (fixed menu)
Blue Zone Course: Learn tips of Okinawan longevity food during cooking class (4 dishes based on guest's request).
Vegan Course: Longevity food, cooking methods and benefits of traditional vegetables based on Okinawan style vegan (4 dishes based on guest's request).
18,700 Japanese yen
14,900 Japanese yen
14,900 Japanese yen
27,500 Japanese yen
27,500 Japanese yen
27,500 Japanese yen
Profile
I was born and raised in Okinawa. When I was young, I worked as a stylist for commercials and studio photography for about 25 years. I then switched to food coordination and realized the depth of Okinawan cuisine which has been passed down through history.
Wanting to preserve Okinawan cuisine for future generations, I learned cooking from an authority on Okinawan cuisine, obtained qualifications, and started a cooking experience class.
Kazumi Kayo
Cooking Instructor
From Okinawa
[Qualifications]
Cooking instructor level 1
International Chinese medicine nutritionist
Food education instructor level 1
Nursing nutritionist level 2
Work Experience
September 2007 ~
May 2013 ~
March 2017 ~
March 2023 ~
June 2024 ~
Yonnar Food Cooking Class Opening
Tokyo classroom opened
Started lessons outside the prefecture, including in Yokohama, Sendai, and Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture
Market Tour & Cooking Class Starts
“Experience Okinawa Living with Yonnerfood”
A cooking class with a homely atmosphere and kitchen, based on the concept of living like a local.
（So far, reservations have come in from 24 countries.）
Further increase classes in outside the prefecture to popularize Okinawa cuisine,
Opened Kobe classes, Okayama classes, Fukuoka classes.
Appointed as Okinawa Prefecture Tourism Ambassador (Okinawa Food Department)
Spreading the appeal of Okinawa's food culture both within and outside the prefecture