Artisan Course

Eight weeks, Monday-Friday, five hours per day. The official example day runs from 09:30 preparation to 14:30 class end/clean-up, but the actual schedule varies with ingredients, activities and training focus. Confirm your timetable, holidays and arrival/departure arrangements.

Practical skills include knife sharpening, katsuramuki, three-piece fish filleting, fish handling and basic preservation, sushi rice, nigiri, sashimi, hosomaki, futomaki, uramaki, plating and basic counter workflow. The graduation skills test may assess these techniques; confirm passing and certificate conditions rather than assuming attendance guarantees a qualification. Food-culture experiences may include tea, pottery, fermentation, fishing ports and local producers; not every activity is offered in every session. Surfing and sightseeing are free-time possibilities, not guaranteed included lessons.

Published dates differ within the official site. The course page lists 14 December 2026-5 February 2027, 1 March-23 April 2027 and 3 May-25 June 2027. The home page instead lists starts 18 December 2026, 1 March 2027 and 16 April 2027. Confirm the exact course dates, available places and New Year schedule with the school before booking or paying; these are not guaranteed departures.

Published Program Fees: JPY

Starts before June 2027

Starts from June 2027

Checked 14 October 2026 against the official course and application pages. Total before June 2027: 1,450,000 = registration 150,000 + balance 1,300,000. From June 2027: 1,500,000 = registration 150,000 + balance 1,350,000. Registration is included in the total once; do not add it again. Fee timing depends on the course start date, not the date of your application. Obtain the confirmed quotation.

Includes tuition, a private room, utilities, lunch on class days, cultural/gastronomy experiences unless otherwise stated, and arrival/departure transfers at Miyazaki Airport. Airfare, breakfast, dinner and meals on non-class days are not included. Check-in is from the day before classes. Extra nights after the course may be available for 5,000 per night including tax; confirm vacancy first. The current inclusions do not separately confirm an apron, belt or uniform, so ask about these supplies.

Training knives can be provided; bringing or buying the previously listed three-knife set for 100,000 is not stated as compulsory. Courses starting from June 2027 include a complimentary four-knife set to keep: 210 mm kiritsuke-style gyuto, 270 mm yanagiba, 180 mm deba and 175 mm nakiri. Confirm equipment arrangements for your course.

Pay the non-refundable 150,000 registration fee by Wise after the schedule is confirmed. The balance is normally due on arrival at the accommodation, by Wise or cash, unless otherwise agreed. Submitting the application does not reserve a place. Confirm minimum age and any individual participation requirements directly; the current official pages do not restate the previously listed age-18 requirement. Visa requirements depend on nationality and stay length; applicants must check with the relevant Japanese embassy/consulate. Enrollment documentation may be provided for confirmed students, but no student visa or permission to work is guaranteed.

Registration 150,000 is non-refundable. If withdrawing in the first week after the course begins, the official policy refunds 80% of the remaining course balance; during the second week, 50%; from the third week, no refund. The percentages apply to balance 1,300,000 or 1,350,000, not to registration or the full total. Confirm pre-start cancellation and any other charges in writing with the school.

Official source

Official source

Official source

Official source