Private Tour

Cooking and Eating Bara Sushi A Local Dish from Okayama

Overview

Available languages

English

3 hours 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

A housewife will help you make "bara sushi," a traditional Okayama home-cooked dish. You can learn about traditional food culture from her. The types of ingredients to add and the amount to serve are up to your preference.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

You will eat the bara sushi you made, served with miso soup and chawanmushi(egg custard).

JR Soja Station is about 30 minutes from Okayama Station, and just 11 minutes from Kurashiki Station. After arriving at JR Soja Station, 25-minute walk or a 5-minute taxi ride.

What To Expect

We offer you the opportunity to make and enjoy Bara Sushi, a traditional dish from Okayama. Okayama's Bara Sushi is a beautiful and delicious local dish, made with over 10 ingredients including fish and vegetables from the region, which are either simmered or pickled in vinegar, and then placed on sushi rice. The ingredients will be prepared by local housewives who have been making Bara Sushi for many years, so even if you have no cooking experience, you can still enjoy the experience. It’s a chance to experience authentic traditional food culture from real local life.

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Cooking and Eating Bara Sushi A Local Dish from Okayama

Reviews

5.00

3 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Traditional Japanese cuisine
Raffaele C,
Oct 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Beautiful experience, super local in the charming Japanese countryside! In a renovated historic house, the story of the local dish is told. Then under the careful guidance of the cooks you get into the kitchen and, finally, you can enjoy it, along with other delicacies. Really recommended experience, off the usual super tourist circuits.
Very good experience!
Jack B,
Oct 23, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Me and a few friends went on this experience recently, I have to say it was very informative and enjoyable. You first learn about the history of Bara sushi which I'd never heard of before and then you get presented with all the ingredients to design it yourself, the whole event was around 2 hours, eating included so it's not a massive time commitment and you get lunch out of it. The owner of the establishment is very friendly and can speak pretty decent English although they do bring on a really good interpreter to clarify instructions and such. 10/10.
The experience was...
Tina K,
Oct 12, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The experience was fantastic! Hisao Tsugita has created such a wonderful activity to revive the popularity of bara sushi amongst travellers and locals alike! The atmosphere was so friendly and the food was amazing!! I would happily recommend this experience to anyone exploring Okayama prefecture!