Upon completing this class, students will have:
- Learned more about food and eating culture in Japan, the differences between types of cuisine, what restaurants/cafes are like, etc.
- Learned vocabulary related to Japanese food and dining, and its meaning.
- Practiced listening and speaking of Japanese in situational conversations (ordering from a menu, asking questions about allergies, asking/giving suggestions/recommendations, etc.).
- Practiced describing food/drink items in Japanese, presenting their menu of their designed restaurant or cafe in Japanese.

I have studied Japanese for more than 12 years and am fluent in the language. I also am experienced in tutoring middle school, high school, as well as college students in Japanese and I have lived accumulatively in Japan for about 5 years.

In terms of knowledge about eating culture in Japan, aside from what I have l learned simply from living in the country itself, regularly going to restaurants and cafes, etc. I have worked as a tour guide for a food tours company in Japan. I have also had the experience of cooking all manner of authentic Japanese dishes for which I have taken numerous cooking classes both in and outside of Japan, including Japanese pastries and traditional sweets, for which I earned a teacher's license in cake and pastry making while living in Japan.