Toyama Sushi Travel by Centram
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The more you know about the best seafood of the season, Toyama Sta. Dentetsu Toyamaeki Chitetsu- ESTA-mae Biru-mae the more delicious it tastes Toyama Seafood Calendar Shintomicho Travel by Centram 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 Tsubaiso Toyama Sushi Fukuragi Yellowtail Buri Halfbeak Black porgy Red sea bream Denki-Biru-mae Rockfish Tuna Hilgendorf saucord Parrot bass / Red-spotted grouper White shrimp Kencho-mae Sweet shrimp Sakurabashi Humpback shrimp Bigfin reef squid Firefly squid Red snow crab Marunouchi Queen crab Female snow crab Eelpout Aramachi Ivory shell Rock oyster / Turban shell Sweetfish Kokusai Kaigijo-mae This is a rough indication of when major seafood species are in season. There are a lot more kinds of delicious seafood outside of this list. Nakamachi (Nishicho-kita) Please contact the restaurant directly if you require further information. For tourist information Toyama Tourist Information Center TEL: 076-432-9751 Open: 8:30 – 20:00 (until 19:00 from December through February) Closed: December 31 & January 1 1F Clarte (in the Toyama Station Bldg.), 1-230 Meirin-cho, Toyama City 930-0001 Published by Toyama City Tourism Association Ote Mall TEL: 076-439-0800 Grand Plaza-mae 5F Toyama Station Front CiC Bldg., 1-2-3 Shintomi-cho, Toyama City 930-0002 Published in December 2015 Sushi tour traveled by Centram There are a number of excellent sushi restaurants located along the Centram route in Toyama City. It only takes a short ride and walk to visit these restaurants and enjoy a great combination of fresh seafood from Toyama Bay and delicious rice. Toyama is probably one of only a few places where you can visit several sushi restaurants by tram in the space of one day. Guide to This Booklet City Tram Loop Line Map Centram (City Tram Loop Line) Toyama Sta. This tram loop line circulates around the city center from Toyama ☎…Telephone number 00 Station, and is well known by its nickname “Centram”. The entire … Restaurant number … Toyama Sta. Dentetsu Toyamaeki 00 (linked with the map) ■L Location ESTA-mae route can be covered in approx. 28 minutes. The carriages are in ■O …Open hours Centram in three chic color designs Chitetsu-Biru-mae three different colors (white, silver and black) with an edgy and Cards accepted … Credit cards accepted ■C …Closed days Shintomicho 02 25 ■P …Parking spaces modern design. They are low-floored to make it easier to get on, Eng. menu … 20 English menu available … and installed with large windows that allow passengers to view the ■N Number of seats Eng. service … Service provided in English ■¥ …Budget in yen Kencho-mae 03 Centram Denki-Biru- often impressive scenery en route, including the magnificent Kaiten sushi … 3.7 km (one circuit) 19 mae Tateyama Mountains and Toyama Castle Ruins. Conveyor belt sushi Approx. 28 min ■ Fare 200 yen for adult Marunouchi 05 Access … Required time from the nearest Centram stop 18 100 yen for child (Free for preschoolers) Sakurabashi * For 14 and 15, required time from the stop for the city 大学前 ■ Operation time 9:00 to 19:30 – Every 14 minutes tram bound for Minamitoyamaeki-mae also stated. 新富山 06 Kokusai Yasunoya Outside the above time – Every 28 minutes Kaigijo-mae 17 Aramachi … Suwanokawara (The first train departs at 6:23 and the last train at MAP Grid reference 16 07 Ote Mall Nakamachi 22:26 from Toyama Station) 14 (Nishicho-kita) *The last train at 22:07 on Sundays and national holidays Daigaku-mae Nishicho ○Most of the prices shown are without tax. The Bound prices that include tax are indicated by“incl. Grand Plaza-mae Kamihonmachi 2.9 km (one way) tax”. City Tram in Toyama City Approx. 15 min ○Specific dates are not indicated for the“New Minamitoyamaeki-mae Kokando-mae In addition to the loop line that runs around the city center, City Tram has Year period” as days closed. Please contact Bound two routes that connect to Toyama University and Minami-Toyama Station each restaurant for detailed information. … City Tram stop 2.8 km (one way) Nishinakano of Toyama Chiho Railway to offer a convenient method of transportation. ○Sushi ingredients may vary depending on the 02 …Time required from Approx. 20 min The carriages are in a variety of designs, including the some latest low-floor season and market conditions. City Tram Toyama Station (min) feature as in Centram and the “Retro Train” designed by Eiji Mitooka. (Retro Train) *Varies depending on train Koizumicho 1 堀川小泉 大 町 南富山駅前 Sushi tour traveled by Centram There are a number of excellent sushi restaurants located along the Centram route in Toyama City. It only takes a short ride and walk to visit these restaurants and enjoy a great combination of fresh seafood from Toyama Bay and delicious rice. Toyama is probably one of only a few places where you can visit several sushi restaurants by tram in the space of one day. Guide to This Booklet City Tram Loop Line Map Centram (City Tram Loop Line) Toyama Sta. This tram loop line circulates around the city center from Toyama ☎…Telephone number 00 Station, and is well known by its nickname “Centram”. The entire … Restaurant number … Toyama Sta. Dentetsu Toyamaeki 00 (linked with the map) ■L Location ESTA-mae route can be covered in approx. 28 minutes. The carriages are in ■O …Open hours Centram in three chic color designs Chitetsu-Biru-mae three different colors (white, silver and black) with an edgy and Cards accepted … Credit cards accepted ■C …Closed days Shintomicho 02 25 ■P …Parking spaces modern design. They are low-floored to make it easier to get on, Eng. menu … 20 English menu available … and installed with large windows that allow passengers to view the ■N Number of seats Eng. service … Service provided in English ■¥ …Budget in yen Kencho-mae 03 Centram Denki-Biru- often impressive scenery en route, including the magnificent Kaiten sushi … 3.7 km (one circuit) 19 mae Tateyama Mountains and Toyama Castle Ruins. Conveyor belt sushi Approx. 28 min ■ Fare 200 yen for adult Marunouchi 05 Access … Required time from the nearest Centram stop 18 100 yen for child (Free for preschoolers) Sakurabashi * For 14 and 15, required time from the stop for the city 大学前 ■ Operation time 9:00 to 19:30 – Every 14 minutes tram bound for Minamitoyamaeki-mae also stated. 新富山 06 Kokusai Yasunoya Outside the above time – Every 28 minutes Kaigijo-mae 17 Aramachi … Suwanokawara (The first train departs at 6:23 and the last train at MAP Grid reference 16 07 Ote Mall Nakamachi 22:26 from Toyama Station) 14 (Nishicho-kita) *The last train at 22:07 on Sundays and national holidays Daigaku-mae Nishicho ○Most of the prices shown are without tax. The Bound prices that include tax are indicated by“incl. Grand Plaza-mae Kamihonmachi 2.9 km (one way) tax”. City Tram in Toyama City Approx. 15 min ○Specific dates are not indicated for the“New Minamitoyamaeki-mae Kokando-mae In addition to the loop line that runs around the city center, City Tram has Year period” as days closed. Please contact Bound two routes that connect to Toyama University and Minami-Toyama Station each restaurant for detailed information. … City Tram stop 2.8 km (one way) Nishinakano of Toyama Chiho Railway to offer a convenient method of transportation. ○Sushi ingredients may vary depending on the 02 …Time required from Approx. 20 min The carriages are in a variety of designs, including the some latest low-floor season and market conditions. City Tram Toyama Station (min) feature as in Centram and the “Retro Train” designed by Eiji Mitooka. (Retro Train) *Varies depending on train Koizumicho 2 堀川小泉 大 町 南富山駅前 Introduction to Toyama Sushi Guide to enjoying the great taste of Toyama sushi Traditional sushi How to order Toyama sushi is restaurant correctly excellent. I’d like seasonal sushi, I can’t eat xx. My budget is xx yen. please. The chef makes the individual sushi It’s best to let the chef know what you A large number and variety of immediately after he/she takes the don’t like or you can’t eat and how seasonal seafoods are landed in order, which is very different from the much you would like to pay. It’s also Toyama Bay, and they are delivered to style of a conveyor belt restaurant. a good idea to order something you restaurants in a very fresh state. Try Enjoy the real experience and the are interested in and repeat it if you the firefly squid and white shrimp that great freshly-made taste of sushi in like it. can only be eaten in Toyama. Toyama. ■ Sushi terminology Geta The wooden platform that sushi is served on. Named for its similarity to the Japanese wooden footwear, geta. Agari Neta Green tea. This is used to Sushi toppings, mainly seafood. remove the oily feel on the palate. It’s usually free of Shari charge with free refills. Rice seasoned with vinegar and Gari salt. Also called “Sumeshi.” Thinly sliced and vinegar pickled ginger. This is used as a kind of garnish and may Murasaki have a slightly antiseptic effect. The name of this pickle comes from the sound that Soy sauce. This is made when chewing it. sauce has a purplish tinge, and “Murasaki” is Namida Japanese for purple. Wasabi horseradish. “Namida” means tears in Japanese. Toyama’s specialty seafood Buri White shrimp Toyama shrimp Red snow crab (Yellowtail) Toyama Bay is the only place (Humpback shrimp) Fresh ones are always available Well-known as the “King of in the world where a large These shrimp have plenty of during the prime season Toyama Bay.” It becomes number of white shrimp can sweetness and flavor with a (September to December) as the fattier and richer tasting in be caught.