Toyama

Innovative Gastronomy andCrafts in Toyama

Model Course, 3 days / 2 nights
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3In the morning, arrive at Toyama Station (around 2 hours by shinkansen from Tokyo). Sushi is your first meal in Toyama. Thechef at GEJO offers wonderful dishes, with artistic flair. You’ll also visit the historic Iwase area, a beautifully preserved old townwith the atmosphere and architecture of centuries past. This area is a treasure trove of Michelin-starred restaurants and artisans’studios. Here you will experience cutting-edge gastronomy and see original, high-quality craftwork by Toyama makers.

On to Tateyama, a town of lush greenery at the foot of 3000m mountains. After a relaxing spa session and lunch at nature andwellness retreat Healthian-wood, visit washi artist Takakuni Kawahara, who transforms washi paper from a craft into a work ofart. In the evening, check in to Rakudo-An, a small luxury art hotel, and stay in a cozy space curated with furniture, art, and crafts
worthy of a museum.

This morning’s transfer is through forests, past lakes and up narrow winding roads to Toga Village for lunch at L'évo, a secluded
restaurant deep in the mountains of Toyama. This restaurant has won a Michelin star for its avant-garde regional cuisine,
showcasing local Toyama ingredients, including foraged vegetables and game. Chef Eiji Taniguchi has built a network of Toyama
collaborators who share the best from their farms, breweries, and vineyards, and craftspeople who supply the tableware for hisrestaurant.

Tour starting price per person

What is included?

Why is this “starting from” price?

¥353,800〜・Breakfast
・All activities
・Private guide・Transfers (within Toyama)・Accommodation

The accommodation, transportation, andactivities in this tour are customizable, so
all itineraries and price quotes are uniquely
tailored to guests.

Innovative Gastronomy and Crafts in Toyama
Detailed information

Experiences and Accommodation

Saseki
Masuda Sake Brewery produces a variety of sake in Iwase, from traditional brands toinnovative new brews made in collaboration with Chivas Regal and wineries in theprefecture. Saseki is a standing bar where you can taste 100 different types of sake fromthe brewery. The bar is a charming Japanese-style building, with the works of Iwase
craftspeople lining the walls.
Address

93 Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama city, Toyama PrefectureOpen

10:00-17:00

Contact＋81-(0)80-2962-6683

AccessAbout 15 min from Toyama station by car

Taizo Yasuda: Taizo Glass Gallery
Taizo Yasuda is a glass artist specializing in blown glass, excelling in the Venetian Technique,a sophisticated method used to create vessels with colours, patterns, and bubbles. Taizo
Glass Gallery displays Yasuda's beautiful glass works, which are also used at Michelin-starred
restaurants Oryouri Fujii and L'evo in Toyama.
Address109 Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama City, Toyama PrefectureOpen

11:00-14:00 (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only)

Contact＋81-(0)764-26-9340

AccessAbout 15 min from Toyama station by car

Tsutomu Iwasaki: Wood carving artist
Tsutomu Iwasaki is a wood carving artist based in Iwase. He uses the ichiboku-zukuri methodof carving from a single piece of wood to create works of art so realistic that the eye canhardly believe they are real. His work is so sought after, and takes time to carefully craft, soonce ordering you will need to wait several years for your precious piece to be delivered!
Address

Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

Open

Normally not open to the publicContact

Normally not open to the public

AccessAbout 15 min from Toyama station by car

Gaku Shakunaga: GAKU ceramics
Gaku Shakunaga is a ceramic artist whose works are inspired by nature and depict naturalscenes. He was born and raised in a family who have created Ecchu-Seto Yaki ceramics forgenerations. He is passionate about the pairing of dishes and vessels with food and drink. Hecollaborates with as many as 30 restaurants in Toyama Prefecture, as well as in wider Japanand abroad, to provide handmade tableware.

Photography by LADE 根建 孝弘

Address

146 Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

Open

Normally not open to the publicContact

Normally not open to the public

AccessAbout 15 min from Toyama station by car*Pricing can vary based on availability and seasonality.

Oryouri Fujii
One of six restaurants with Michelin-stars in a 400-meter long street, in Toyama City’sIwase area. The restaurant offers beautiful and delicate Japanese cuisine using fresh,seasonal ingredients from the sea and mountains of Toyama. Not only the ingredients, butalso the serving ware and cooking methods tell a story of the season.
Address

93 Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama City, Toyama PrefectureOpen

Lunch: 12:00-15:00 / Dinner: 18:00-22:00

Budget¥27,500〜 (*Service charge will be added.)Contact＋81-(0)764-71-5555

AccessAbout 15 min from Toyama station by car

Cave Yunoki
A Michelin-starred restaurant in Iwase, where you can enjoy French cuisine using ﬁsh, game,and vegetables from Toyama, cooked on a wood-ﬁre grill. Set in a stylishly restored former
shipping storehouse, sit at the theatre-style counter and watch the chefs at work in thekitchen. All serving ware and sake are made in Iwase, and other areas of Toyama Prefecture.
Address

102 Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

Open

Lunch: 12:00-15:30 / Dinner: 18:00-22:00

Budget¥19,800〜 (*Service charge will be added.)Contact＋81-(0)764-71-5556

AccessAbout 15 min from Toyama station by car

DoubleTree by Hilton Toyama
Opened in January 2023, this is Hilton's ﬁrst hotel in the Hokuriku region (made up of theprefectures of Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui). The guest rooms are modern yet gentle spaces
based on light wood grain, and designed in the motif of the beautiful Tateyama mountain
range, of which Toyama is proud.

Photo：Deluxe suite

Address

1-1-10 Shintomicho, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

Time

Check-in：15:00 / Check-out：11:00

BudgetGuest room：¥10,000〜 per person *breakfast included
Deluxe suite：¥21,500〜 per person *breakfast included(*Tax and service charge will be added.)Contact＋81-(0)764-03-9700

AccessAbout 3 minutes walk from Toyama StationHealthian-woodOpened in March 2020, Healthian-wood is a wellness retreat where guests can experience
the power of herbs in various forms, including fragrance, food, and treatments. Designed byKengo Kuma, herb gardens, aroma workshops, restaurants, event spaces, a spa, and a sauna
hotel are scattered throughout the vast grounds, just as buildings are in Toyama’s dispersedvillages.

© genfukei / Photo by KOJI HONDA

Address

57-1 Nicchuuwano, Tateyama Town, Toyama PrefectureOpen

Depends on the facility

BudgetDepends on the service

Contact＋81-(0)76-482-2536

AccessAbout 30 min from Toyama station by car*The price shown above is calculated based on the two people traveling. *Pricing can vary based on availability and seasonality.

Rakudo-An
Opened in October 2022, Rakudo-An is a 120-year-old farmhouse transformed into a small
luxury inn. This boutique property has just three guest rooms, and is furnished with animpressive collection of Japanese and international craft, art, and furniture under the themeof living in harmony with nature. Guests can experience the spirit of Toyama's " Dotoku –living with the land" and the unique Tonami community style of scattered Village andAzumadachi farmhouse living.
Address

645 Nomurajima, Tomani City, Toyama Prefecture

Time

Check-in: 15:00/ Check-out: 11:00 *Closed on Tuesdays

Budget¥43,000〜 per person / 1 night *breakfast, dinner included

Contact＋81-(0)763-77-3315

AccessAbout 30 min from Shin-Takaoka station by car

Bed and Craft
The artisans of Inami, Japan's foremost woodcarving town, have designed and decorated six
private villas, each as their own original work of art. Each has been created in a restoredhistoric building in the village of Inami and each can welcome one group per villa, per day.
Guests can also participate in a workshop where they can apprentice themselves to an
Inami craftsman.
Address

3-41 Honmachi, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture

Time

Check-in : 16:00-21:00 / Check-out : 11:00 *Closed on Tuesdays

Budget¥38,000〜per villa / 1 night *breakfast included

Contact

info@bedandcraft.com

AccessAbout 40 min from Shin-Takaoka station by carL'évoThis auberge is located in a village deep in the mountains of southwestern Toyama
Prefecture. Chosen from amongst all restaurants in Japan, L’evo was selected as Destination
Restaurant of the Year 2021 by The Japan Times newspaper. It offers avant-garde regional
cuisine prepared using hyper local ingredients, with the chef often foraging for ingredientsfrom the surrounding forest himself. It has been awarded two Michelin stars.
Address

100 Tanoshima, Togamura-Daikanba, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture

Open

Lunch：12:00 and 12:30 / Dinner：18:00 and 19:00
Check-in : 15:00 / Check-out : 11:00

BudgetRestaurant : ¥22,000〜 / Hotel : ¥44,000〜 per room(*Service charge will be added.)Contact＋81-(0)763-68-2115

AccessAbout 1.5h from Toyama station by car*The price shown above is calculated based on the two people traveling. *Pricing can vary based on availability and seasonality.

Detailed information

Sample itineraryDay 1Day 2Day 3

Transportation

Arrive at Toyama Station

Lunch

GEJO

Transportation

GEJO to the hotel (drop off your luggage), from the hotel to Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design(about 45 minutes in all. Transportation by car)

Experience

Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design

Transportation

Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design to Iwase (15min by car)

Experience

Walking around Iwase area (Saseki, Tajiri Sake Shop, KOBO Brewery, Kyoshu-ji temple etc.)

Experience

Artist studio tour (Options: glass artist, wood carving artist, ceramic artist, metal artist)

DinnerAt Michelin restaurant in the Iwase area (Options: Japanese cuisine, French, Soba noodles, ItalianTransportation

Restaurant to Hotel

Overnight stay

DoubleTree by Hilton Toyama

Breakfast

At the hotel

Transportation

Toyama City to Tateyama Town (40min by car)

Experience

Spa at Healthian-wood

Lunch

The Table restaurant at Healthian-woodExperience

Making herbal bath salts at Healthian-wood

Transportation

Tateyama Town to Tonami City (50-60min by car)Check-inCheck-in tea ceremony at Rakudo-An

Dinneril clima restaurant at Rakudo-An

Overnight stay

Rakudo-An

Breakfastil clima

Transportaion

Tonami City to Nanto City Toga Village

Lunch

L'évo

Transportaion

Nanto City Toga Village to Toyama City, from here guests can catch a shinkansen back to Tokyo, or speak to us
about options for exploring the Hokuriku region further!

*Artist studio tours will be held depending on the artist's schedule. If it is not possible to visit the studio of the listed artist, an alternative craft experience will be offered.