Conveyor belt Sushi ~Shinkansen serves you your sushi~

Have you heard about conveyor belt sushi? We call it “Kaiten sushi 回転すし” in Japanese. Japanese famous food is about Sushi, of course many Japanese people like sushi too. And we often go to conveyor belt sushi restaurant when we want to eat sushi because you can choose what you want to eat there. It’s served on a small plate, usually tow same kind of sushi on one plate.

conveyor belt sushi

There are many kinds of sushi on the conveyor belt, and you pick up what you want to eat from the revolving conveyor belt when you eat. There are not only like fresh seafood sushi but also tempura sushi, Humburg steak sushi, even ramen, French fries and cakes are on the conveyor belt.
Sushi restaurant sounds like expensive, but conveyor belt sushi is reasonable. Adult likes seafood sushi but kids like side dishes like French fries so that conveyor belt sushi restaurants get packed with families on weekends.
After the covid19 pandemic, there is few sushi on the conveyor belt avoiding droplet infection. Instead of a lot of sushi on the conveyor belt, sushi that you ordered on a touch panel comes your table on the belt conveyor. Sometimes your own Shinkansen conveyor serves your ordered sushi!!

You can find the shinkansen conveyor at Uobei 魚べい where is a sushi restaurant in Japan.

魚べい｜元気寿司グループ (genkisushi.co.jp)

Salmon and salmon roe sushi on seaweed

Salmon and salmon roe sushi is One of the sushi lists at Uobei, and it was featured on TV. Cut salmon and salmon roe marinated in salted rice malt. It’s savory and the salmon roe gives you a popping texture. In addition, the dried seaweed under the sushi is so tasty. It’s crispy and smells like an authentic seaweed from the deep ocean.

Tuna まぐろ

Sushi of tune at Uobei is bigger for conveyor belt sushi restaurant. And there are many kinds of tuna like fatty tuna, seared tuna, tuna with chili oil, tuna with Sriracha sauce and seared tuna mayonnaise.

Summary

You might be confused when you visit a conveyor belt sushi restaurant for the first time. When you pick up a sushi dish, you have to pick up the entire plate! Don’t leave the plate on the belt. And you are not allowed the plate to put back on the line after picking it up. Since you eat a lot of sushi, there are so many plates on your table. It might be better to pile them up on the table.
Just enjoy your experience of Japanese sushi!