Private Experience · Waraidori Mondo, Okinogami

Hands-On Yakitori Experience with a Charcoal Grill Master

⏱ 100 minutes 👥 1–10 guests, one private group 🗣 English (interpreter accompanies the session) 🕙 Start on the hour, from 10:00 to 16:00 ☔ Fully indoor — held rain or shine

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From ¥60,000 for 1–3 guests, tax included + ¥7,000 per additional guest · 10 guests: ¥109,000

The experience

Yakitori — chicken grilled stick by stick over charcoal — is Japan's favorite comfort food, and behind its simplicity lies real craft. In this private 100-minute experience at Waraidori Mondo, a much-loved yakitori restaurant in Fukuyama, you step to the counter and learn that craft with your own hands, with an English-speaking interpreter at your side throughout.

Put on a traditional happi coat and watch the master break down fresh chicken, explaining each cut as the knife moves. Then take over yourself: thread four skewers — tender neck (seseri), delicate breast fillet (sasami), crunchy gizzard (sunazuri) and juicy thigh (momo) — and grill them over real charcoal, choosing between the restaurant's secret tare sauce and its specially blended salt. Finally, sit down to the tasting: your own four skewers hot off the grill, two more grilled by the master, and a rice ball to round things off, with soft drinks included. Finish with a commemorative photo together with the master.

This is a private session exclusively for your group of 1 to 10 guests, held entirely inside the restaurant — rain or shine.

Glimpses

The master guiding a guest grilling yakitori skewers over charcoal at the counter — Side by side with the master at the charcoal grill

Four freshly skewered sticks of chicken lined up on a cutting board — Your four skewers take shape — neck, thigh, gizzard and breast

Over real charcoal — listen with your eyes

Season, grill — and show off your work

A plate of freshly grilled yakitori skewers — Hot off the grill — time to taste

Glowing charcoal being arranged in the grill with tongs — The glow that does the work

Illustration comparing salt-seasoned and tare-glazed yakitori skewers — Secret tare sauce or special salt — you choose (illustrative image)

Illustration of guests enjoying yakitori together at a restaurant counter — The counter is yours for the session (illustrative image)

Your 100 Minutes

Moment by moment

0:00–0:10
Introduction to yakitori: the different cuts of the chicken, and the restaurant's approach to its tare sauce and salt — with a taste of the salt itself
0:10–0:20
Watch the master break down fresh chicken, removing fat, sinew and bone as each cut is explained (knife work is demonstration only)
0:20–0:50
Skewering: thread four sticks yourself — seseri (neck), sasami (breast fillet), sunazuri (gizzard) and momo (thigh) — with the staff guiding your hands
0:50–1:15
Charcoal grilling: grill your own skewers, choose tare sauce or salt, and pick up the master's tricks for juicy yakitori
1:15–1:35
Tasting time: your four skewers and two grilled by the master, with a rice ball and soft drinks (alcoholic drinks may be ordered separately)
1:35–1:40
Commemorative photo with the master

What's included

✓Private 100-minute session inside the restaurant
✓English-speaking interpreter
✓Happi coat to wear during the experience
✓All ingredients and use of the charcoal grill
✓Tasting: your 4 self-made skewers, 2 skewers grilled by the master, and a rice ball
✓Soft drinks
✓Commemorative photo with the master

Not included

—Alcoholic drinks (available to order on the spot, paid separately)
—Transportation to and from the restaurant
—Gratuities

Access & meeting point

Please gather at Waraidori Mondo Okinogami (1-5-31 Okinogami-cho, Fukuyama), about 5 minutes by taxi or a 20-minute walk from the south exit of JR Fukuyama Station. Free parking is available if you come by car.

Venue: Waraidori Mondo, Okinogami（笑ひ鶏もんど沖野上店）
Address: 1-5-31 Okinogami-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 720-0825, Japan
Getting there: About 5 minutes by taxi (or a 20-minute walk) from the south exit of JR Fukuyama Station. Free parking available if you come by car.
From Hiroshima: From Hiroshima Station, take the San'yo Shinkansen east to Fukuyama Station — about 25 minutes. Fukuyama is also on the direct Shinkansen route between Hiroshima and Kyoto / Osaka, making the experience an easy stopover.

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Before you go

※The experience takes place entirely inside the restaurant — it goes ahead in comfort whatever the weather
※Please tell us about any food allergies or dietary restrictions when you send your request
※All knife work is handled by the master — guests enjoy the skewering and grilling, no knives involved
※The restaurant is not wheelchair accessible
※Free parking is available at the restaurant
※Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time

Cancellation: free of charge until 7 days before; 50% from 6–3 days before; 100% from 2 days before (including no-show). See the Booking Terms for details.