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Conveyor Belt Sushi

Tue 2012/02/21 12:19 JST

Posted by Danny Choo [www]

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Conveyor Belt Sushi - also known as Kaiten Sushi [回転寿司[かいてんすし]]. "Kaiten" means "to rotate" or "go round in a circle." As the name suggests, a load of sushi goes round on a conveyor belt and the customer takes what she wants for om noms.

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In other countries, I see that many kaiten sushi has each plate covered with a plastic cover but in Japan most are open like these ones.

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This kaiten sushi place has dishes which are not typical Japanese like these ones - a huge mound of rice topped with salmon, ikura and onions. Many gaijins come to this place which is why some of the dishes are more adventurous ^^;

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Price of the dish is decided by the color of the plate - gold plates are usually the most expensive.

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Its not just fish to be found on a plate - drinks and dessert too.

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If the belt does not have what you want, all you have to do is ask the chap behind the belt. For example "Engawa Kudasai!" [えんがわください！] (some Engawa please!)

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There are some rules that you should follow when entering a sushi place which are all outlined in the video below. Be sure to watch before going for some sushi.

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This type of sushi is called "Gunkan Maki" [軍艦巻[ぐんかんまき]] and is named because it looks like the shape of a battleship ("Gunkan" meaning battleship).

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Ikura [いくら] is salmon roe. For many years I didn't dare try but once I did I found that I love it! A dollop of it on rice is lovely.

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