Barbecuing and cooking camp meals are some of the best parts of camping!In the midst of nature, you can enjoy an exceptional meal unlike any other.However, in order to enjoy cooking in an outdoor environment, you will need cooking utensils and tools. Many people have various concerns when it comes to gathering the necessary tools for camping cooking, such as ``Which items should I buy?'' and ``Are there any tips for choosing tools?''In this article, we will introduce the tools and cooking utensils needed for camping cooking, points to consider when choosing them, and recommended glamping facilities where you can easily enjoy camping cooking.Beginners who want to try their hand at making camping food or outdoor cooking for the first time should also use this as a reference.
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The tools (gear) you need for camping and barbecues can be purchased not only at physical stores that sell outdoor goods, but also at e-commerce shops such as Amazon and Rakuten Market.However, beginner campers who want to try their hand at camping for the first time often find themselves unsure of what equipment to purchase.
We recommend that you first gather all the tools you will need to create any menu, and then buy more as needed.Below is a list of the minimum tools and cooking utensils you will need when cooking while camping.
・Knife or kitchen knife
・Cutting board
・Cooker or Mestin
·cutlery
・Gas burner or bonfire stand
A knife is necessary to cut off unnecessary parts of food or to cut it into small pieces.You can reduce your luggage by choosing a kitchen knife if you only use it for cooking, and a knife if you use it for other purposes.There are two types of knives: folding types and sheathed types.
For outdoor use, cutting boards are either made of lightweight plastic that is easy to clean, or durable wood that is soft and scratch-resistant.
A cooker or mestin is a device that can be used in place of a pot, frying pan, or griddle for cooking.Cookers come in round and square shapes, and mestins are square.Items that are compact and stackable (can be stored one on top of the other) will be easier to carry and pack.Cookers and mestins have different features and prices depending on the material, such as aluminum, which is lightweight and cheap, stainless steel, which is durable and has high heat retention, and titanium, which is even more durable than stainless steel.
It is convenient to have three types of cutlery: chopsticks, a spoon, and a fork.Like cookers, they are available in aluminum, stainless steel, and titanium.You can reduce the amount of luggage you carry by choosing a set that includes a spoon, fork, and knife, or a product that can be used in three ways.
A gas burner or fire table is necessary as a firearm in place of a stove.The appeal of gas burners is that they are compact, easy to start a fire anywhere, and you can adjust the firepower.Bonfire stands can be used for both cooking and bonfires, although there are restrictions on where they can be installed.
As you gain more experience making camping meals, many of you may want to try making different types of camping meals.The cooking items that will further expand the range of camping meals and outdoor cooking are as follows.
・Dutch oven
・Skillet
・Hot sand maker
·kettle
・Shera Cup
・Gas torch
・Spice box
・Smoker
A Dutch oven can be used for a variety of dishes, including stews.Dutch ovens were originally made of cast iron, but now stainless steel ovens that do not require seasoning before use and are easy to use even for beginners are also available, and are compatible with IH and can be used at home.A skillet is a small frying pan made of cast iron.Not only can you use it to grill meat and fish, but you can also use it to create stylish-looking menus such as Ajillo.
If you have a hot sandwich maker, you can make a variety of hot sandwiches just by sandwiching your favorite ingredients between breads.It can also be applied to menu recipes that use ingredients other than bread.A kettle is used to boil water.A Sierra cup is a small metal cup that can be used for a variety of purposes, including boiling water, serving as a cup, and cooking.
Gas torches can be used not only for starting fires, but also for grilling dishes.We recommend that you check before purchasing, as the firepower varies depending on the product.With a spice box, you can neatly organize seasonings that tend to get separated.There are box type and case type.
If you have a smoker, you can enjoy smoked dishes using a variety of ingredients.
Next, we will explain the points you need to know when preparing tools for camping and outdoor cooking.
The tools used for camping cooking are sold by various outdoor brands such as Coleman, Logos, Uniflame, and Snow Peak.With everything from highly functional items to stylish items designed by him, many people may be tempted to buy one or the other.
Even if you have a lot of items from the beginning, you won't be able to use them well, and it will be expensive.We recommend that you start by stocking only the bare minimum of items you need for cooking and gradually buy more.
For items such as Shura cups and kettles that come in multiple sizes and capacities, choose the one that best suits the number of people who will be cooking or camping.Depending on the product, there may be a guideline for choosing the size and capacity, such as for solo camping or family camping.
If the place or facility you're cooking in doesn't have rentals, you'll need to bring all of your items from home.To make it easier to pack and transport, choose items that are stackable, can be stored compactly, can be used for multiple purposes, and are lightweight.
Have you ever wanted to enjoy cooking or barbecuing while camping or outdoors, but have given up on it because of the cost of purchasing tools, the difficulty of carrying it around, or the inability to start a fire?If you want to casually enjoy camping and cooking outdoors, glamping is recommended.
Some glamping facilities offer activities such as camping meals and outdoor cooking, facilities where you can rent the items needed for cooking, and some facilities that have kitchens in their rooms.The feature is that you can easily enjoy a barbecue by bringing only your favorite ingredients, without having to bring any cooking utensils or tools.Furthermore, if you choose a plan that includes a meal, you can enjoy a luxurious glamping BBQ without bringing anything.
Next, we will introduce nine carefully selected and popular glamping facilities that are fully equipped with food activities and cooking equipment rentals, where you can easily experience camping and outdoor cooking.
This glamping facility is located in the Kawaguchiko area of Yamanashi Prefecture, surrounded by virgin forest at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji.We offer three types of accommodations that you can choose from to suit your stay style.The ``Villa'' is equipped with a Jacuzzi, a wood stove, and a well that can draw natural water, and you can experience sleeping in a sleeping bag.The ``Yurt'' allows you to use camping gear to pick up twigs and start a barbecue.It can accommodate up to 3 people. There are three types of accommodation: ``Guest House,'' a large, old-style cottage with high livability.
You can make camping meals in a variety of ways, such as staying in a yurt and enjoying a barbecue in the middle of nature, or cooking in the hearth of a guesthouse.There are also plenty of activities unique to the outdoors, such as chopping wood, making a bonfire, and trying out a tent sauna.
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[Glamping Villa Hands Kawaguchiko]
Address: 3283-1 Katsuyama, Fujikawaguchiko-cho, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture
TEL/0555-72-8282
Business hours/Check-in 14:00-17:00 Check-out next day ~10:00
Access/[Car] Approximately 9 minutes by car from Kawaguchiko Station
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/hanz-kawaguchiko/
This is a glamping facility in Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, which is easily accessible from Tokyo.There are only 6 rooms located on the vast grounds.In addition to standard dome-shaped tents, we also have premium dome rooms, which come with their own Jacuzzi and barrel sauna, and dog dome rooms, which come with a private dog run so you can stay with your dog.You can swim at any time during your stay in the large pool located in the public space in the center of the facility, or use it as a cold bath after taking a sauna.
A ``vegetable marche'' is available at the center house.You can freely choose fresh vegetables from Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, the city that grows the most vegetables in Japan, and enjoy them with your dinner.Each room is equipped with a large gas BBQ grill where even beginner campers can easily enjoy a full-fledged barbecue, and a dedicated all-weather dining space.
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[Sauna & Glamping Resort – SISU]
Address: 887-1 Iijima, Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture
TEL/029-136-6269
Business hours/Check-in 15:00-18:00 Check-out 10:00 the next day
Access/[Train] About 3 hours from Tokyo Station
JR Hitachi Limited Express Tokyo Station - Mito Station
Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line Mito Station - Kashima-nada Station
Free shuttle service available from Kashima-nada Station (reservation required)
[Car] 90 minutes from Tokyo
About 1 hour from "Tsuchiura Kita IC"
[Highway bus] Take the bus from Tokyo Station and get off at Suigo Itako Bus Terminal, free shuttle service available (reservation required)
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/sisu/
This is a glamping facility located within the fruit farm "Hirooka Farm" in Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. We offer a variety of food activities that take advantage of the characteristics of a farm with over 50 years of experience in growing fruit trees.You can pick seasonal fruits, experience fruit processing, start a bonfire, and try cooking rice bowls, the basics of camping food.Harmony College Sorayama Pony Farm is within easy driving distance.In addition to horseback riding lessons, there is also a ``horse-drawn horseback riding experience'' that is safe for small children and beginners, so you can easily enjoy interacting with horses.
The rooms are dome-shaped tents with a transparent dome on the front for a great sense of openness.Each room also has a kitchen, which is stocked with everything from cooking utensils such as tableware, cutlery, glasses, knives, cutting boards, and tongs to cooking appliances such as electric BBQ grills, IH heaters, and microwave ovens.
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[Moi Sorayama]
Address: Hirooka Farm, 151 Hirooka, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture
TEL/050-3625-5167
Business hours/Check-in 15:00-18:00 Check-out next day ~10:00
Access/[Train] Approximately 15 minutes by taxi from Tottori Station/Approximately 2400 yen one way
[Car] About 1 hour from Yamazaki IC
After passing through the Chugoku-Odan Expressway/Himeji-Tottori Line/Tottori Expressway, get off at Tottori Minami IC, about 10 minutes.
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/moi/
This is a glamping facility located within our own olive farm on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture.At our own farm adjacent to the glamping area, you can experience harvesting vegetables for a fee depending on the season.Not only can you enjoy freshly harvested vegetables, but it is also recommended as a food education experience for small children.We also offer a free activity where you can make popcorn using homemade olive oil, which is a popular camping meal.
The separate BBQ space is equipped with a gas BBQ grill, as well as cooking utensils such as tableware, cutlery, and tongs.With the meal plan, you can enjoy a glamping BBQ of Awaji beef, olive boar and pork steak, and seafood, or a homemade outdoor burger breakfast that takes advantage of Awaji Island's natural blessings.
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[Olive GLAMP Awajishima Virgin Valley]
Address: 2905-15 Kusumoto, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture
TEL/080-3861-0535
Business hours/Check-in 15:00-18:00 Check-out next day ~10:00
Access/[Car] Approximately 40 minutes from the center of Kobe city
Approximately 70 minutes from the center of Osaka city
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/virgin-valley/
This facility is located within the Kitahiroshima Kaeru Campground, which boasts a vast site of 10,000 tsubo, where you can enjoy the original scenery of Hokkaido. Only 1 groups per day can stay in an outdoor-like trailer house.Each trailer house is equipped with Snow Peak tableware, BBQ stoves, gas burners, bonfires, etc., and we have a full range of camping gear rentals for making authentic camping meals.There is a kitchen right next to the trailer house, which is convenient.You can enjoy camping meals and barbecues to your heart's content in the midst of nature.
You can of course bring your own favorite ingredients, but we also have a wide variety of BBQ sets using Hokkaido ingredients such as Hokkaido beef, Dosan pork, and fresh lamb Genghis Khan.There is also a shop corner selling items for outdoor use, including firewood for bonfires, so it's great that you can procure the tools you need for camping locally.
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[Glamping & Camping Kitahiroshima Kaeru Camp]
Address: 62-1 Mishima, Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido
TEL/011-377-2205
Business hours/Check-in 13:00-17:00 Check-out next day ~11:00
Access/[Car] Approximately 35 minutes from New Chitose Airport
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/kaeru-camp/
This is a glamping facility located on Takane Island in the Seto Inland Sea with a total of 5 dome-shaped tents and a cocoon tent where you can stay with your dog.Enjoy private glamping while overlooking the calm sea.There are plenty of activities that allow you to make snacks outdoors, such as making mandarin squash using mandarin oranges, a specialty of Takane Island, making s'mores using a BBQ grill, and making popcorn using the bonfire in front of the administration building.
For the meal plan, we offer glamping BBQ with a focus on locally produced ingredients such as Setouchi beef, fresh seafood caught in the Seto Inland Sea, and vegetables from local farms.We don't just grill ingredients, we also offer ajillo, cheese fondue, desserts made in skillets, and a menu that is outdoorsy yet stylish in appearance.
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[Gran Village Setouchi Shimanami]
Address: 1275-11 Takane, Setoda-cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Email/glampvillage@setouchi-shimanami.com
Business hours/Check-in from 15:00 to Check-out from the next day to 10:00
Access/[Train] 1 hour and 20 minutes by public transportation from Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
[Setouchi Cruising Onomichi - Setoda Route] Onomichi Port Terminal ⇒ Setoda Port on foot
[Car] Towards Hiroshima: 13 minutes from Ikuchijima Kita IC on the Nishi-Seto Expressway (Setouchi Shimanami Kaido)
From Ehime: 15 minutes from Nishiseto Expressway (Setouchi Shimanami Kaido) Ikuchijima Minami IC
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/glampvillage-setouchi-shimanami/
This is a glamping facility located in the hilly area of Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture.Enjoy a variety of activities within the three themed domes at no additional charge.We have an outdoor sauna where you can enjoy a relaxing experience while feeling nature, a yoga experience where you can refresh your body and mind on the highest point in the facility, and a glamping bar time where you can enjoy your favorite drink with dinner.
At the center house, we offer free rental of outdoor gear such as skillets, mestins, and Dutch ovens.Perfect for when you want to make camping meals using ingredients you bring in freely.There are also activities such as a vegetable marche where you can grill fresh local vegetables for free and eat them with barbecue, and a pizza making experience where you can stretch out the dough and make it.
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[Glamping Hills Aura Terrace Ibaraki]
Address: 503 Tojoji, Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture
TEL/050-3198-5845
Business hours/Check-in 15:00 Check-out 10:00 the next day
Access/[Car] Approximately XNUMX hour from Tokyo direction
Approximately 13 minutes by car from Tsuchiura Kita IC on the Joban Expressway
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/aulaterrace_ibaraki/
This is a facility where you can do glamping in a location overlooking the sea of Chiba Kamogawa.There are two types of rooms: dome-shaped tents with an open space and cute interiors, and private villas that are limited to two groups per day and are equipped with in-room natural hot springs fed by Kamogawa hot springs and private pools.
At the front desk, we offer a free rental service for camping gear such as Dutch ovens, skillets, and hot sandwich makers. If you use it together with BBQ gas grill rental (charges apply), you can bring in your favorite ingredients and enjoy making camp meals and barbecuing.There are also plenty of food-related activities, such as making popcorn and baked sweet potatoes, so you can enjoy outdoor cooking in a variety of ways.
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[Seaside Terrace Chiba Kamogawa]
Address: 300 Emitayusaki, Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture
TEL/050-3198-5846
Business hours/Check-in 15:00~ Check-out Glamping area next day 10:00, Private villa next day 11:00
Access/[Train] Take the Tateyama Kamogawa Line bus (bound for Tateyama Station) from JR East Uchibo Line Taikai Station, get off at Boshu Ohashi bus stop, then walk 3 minutes
[Car] About 128 minutes from Boso Skyline via National Route 15
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/seaside-kamogawa/
This is a glamping facility located in Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, which can be accessed in about 60 minutes from the city center.In addition to various types of dome tents, including ones with projectors, private saunas, hammocks, and dog runs where you can stay with your dog, there are also villas with in-room hot springs and private pools.
In the administration building, there are seven marchés that you can use free of charge during your stay.There is also a wide variety of food-related activities such as the Vegetable Marche where you can freely enjoy fresh local vegetables with a barbecue, the Kunsei Marche where you can try your hand at smoking using a smoker, and the Spice Marche where you can make your own original mixed spices.We also have a bath herb marche where you can make bath herbs by combining dried herbs, a sake marche that can be used as a free bar, and other content that will enrich your glamping stay.
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[Grandome Chiba Futtsu]
Address: 1660-3 Minato, Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture
TEL/050-3174-7253
Business hours/Check-in 15:00-18:00 Check-out Dome tent type 8:00-10:00 the next day Private villa type 8:00-11:00 the next day
Access/[Train] 12 minutes walk from JR East Uchibo Line “Kazusa Minato Station” (approx. 1 km)
[Car] Approximately 60 minutes from Tokyo
About 8 minutes from "Futtsu Chuo IC" via Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line
Parking/Available
URL/https://www.resort-glamping.com/accommodation/chiba-futtsu/
We introduced the tools you need and how to choose them when enjoying cooking in outdoor settings such as camping meals and barbecues, as well as recommended glamping facilities where you can easily enjoy outdoor cooking.The great thing about camping food and barbecuing is that you can enjoy everything from the preparation and cooking process to the eating process.However, if you find it difficult to gather the tools, start a fire, and carry the equipment, we recommend using a glamping facility where you can enjoy camping meals and barbecues without the hassle of preparations.Enjoy cooking and eating in the midst of nature in a variety of styles.
*This column was created based on information as of April 2023, 7.Please check the official website for the latest information on each facility and each prefecture campaign.
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