Sushi Making Experience & Glass Art Museum Tour

The Sushi Making Experience & Glass Art Museum Tour is operated by the JTB Toyama Branch and combines a hands-on sushi lesson with a tour of Toyama Glass Art Museum. Participants meet at the Shinkansen ticket gate inside JR Toyama Station before traveling by tram to the Hokuriku Sushi Academy in Toyama City's Iwase district, a cooking school set inside a renovated old house. There, a professional sushi chef leads the roughly three-hour session, during which participants dress in a happi coat and hat and are guided through making their own sushi, followed by a meal that combines their handmade pieces with additional pieces prepared by the chef; the seafood selection changes with the season. Pricing is ¥10,000 for adults and ¥7,500 for children, which covers the lesson, meal, a commemorative glass sushi plate made at Toyama Glass Studio, a one-day city tram and bus pass, and admission to the Toyama Glass Art Museum. The experience is bookable through the JTB Toyama Branch by phone, 076-431-7581, between 9:30am and 5:30pm on weekdays; the branch is closed on weekends, holidays, and over the New Year period, so reservations should be made ahead of those dates. Group size is kept manageable for hands-on instruction, and the chef's guidance is primarily in Japanese; travelers should confirm English-language support when booking. Because the meal is built around raw and cooked seafood, dietary substitutions are limited, and participants with allergies or dietary restrictions should raise them with JTB Toyama Branch at the time of booking.