Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurants turn 50!
One of the coolest things that you can do when you come to Tokyo is eat at a Kaitenzushi restaurant. This month marks the 50th anniversary of this very cool dining experience where your sushi is brought to you on a conveyor belt. The Daily Yomiuri reports that the first conveyor belt sushi restaurant opened in 1958 in Osaka.
“Operator Yoshiaki Shiraishi equipped a sushi restaurant counter with a revolving belt after seeing a conveyer belt at a beer factory and thinking that it could reduce the work of waitstaff….Shiraishi dreamed of making sushi, which was once considered a …read more
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