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Electric conveyor belt sushi kit brings the fun of a revolving sushi restaurant into your home
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2025 - Tweet
We put At-home Sushi Party goods from Japanese 300-yen store 3 Coins to the test.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • Conveyor belt sushi • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • Japanese food • Japanese gadget • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • sushi kit • technology • toys)
The Sushiro of the future to open at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025
- Master Blaster
Apr 7, 2025
Great Scott! It’s Sushi to the Future!
- Japan
- (2025 Osaka World Expo • COK • conveyer belt sushi • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Expo 2025 • food • future • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • Sushiro • sustainability • technology)
We found a rare, true revolving sushi restaurant–and it reminded us why it’s so much fun
- Dale Roll
Feb 11, 2024
It’s hard to find a place that still puts all its sushi on the conveyer belt, but if you can, it’s worth going!
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Kaitenzushi • Kitte • Nemuro Hanamaru • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)
Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the tastiest sea snail, if any?【Taste test】
- Dale Roll
Aug 27, 2022
Our reporter didn’t have high hopes for this taste test…Did it surpass his expectations?
- Japan
- (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Hamazushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • sea snail • shellfish • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)
New sushi train toy makes sushi for you, then delivers it, and is exactly what we want【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2022
A functional sushi factory for your dinner table.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • cool • food • gadgets • Kaitenzushi • kitchen gadgets • revolving sushi • sushi • Takara Tomy • toy trains • toys • trains)
Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
May 20, 2022
Medium fatty tuna go head-head in our latest kaitenzushi showdown.
- Japan
- (best conveyor belt sushi • chutoro • COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • Sushiro • taste test • tuna)
Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best steamed egg custard? 【Taste test】
- Shannon
May 9, 2022
Go for the sushi, stay for the eggs.
- Japan
- (best conveyor belt sushi • chawanmushi • COK • conveyer belt sushi • egg custard • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • Sushiro • taste test)
Sushi chains Sushiro and Kyotaru combine to make fishy megastore, but we spot major oversight
- Katie Pask
Apr 4, 2022
Two popular sushi chains for the price of one?
- Japan
- (conveyer belt sushi • fast food • food • Kaitenzushi • kyotaru • negi • negitoro • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • Tasuku Egawa • Tokyo)
No need to be lonely at New Year’s with Japan’s new one-person osechi set【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 31, 2021
Conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi single-sizes osechi, creates new desserts to keep us company.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • New Year's • osechi • Oshogatsu • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Spending New Year’s alone? Japanese restaurant has special one-person kosechi New Year’s meals
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2021
Osechi becomes Kosechi at Kura Sushi.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • New Year's • osechi • Oshogatsu)
What should you use table salt for at a sushi restaurant? We asked a kaitenzushi maniac
- Dale Roll
Nov 17, 2021
It turns out there’s a number of things you can put salt on, besides french fries!
- Japan
- (condiments • conveyer belt sushi • food • food hack • Japanese food • salt • sushi • Sushiro)
Kappa Sushi’s newest menu item is just sushi rice, but we’re not that mad about it, honestly
- Dale Roll
Jun 2, 2021
Kappa Sushi is revitalizing its sushi…starting with its rice!
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • revolving sushi • rice • SNJO • sushi • sushi rice • weird)
How to have a great meal at conveyer belt sushi chain Kura Sushi even if you hate raw fish
- Ingrid Tsai
May 22, 2021
There’s something for everyone at one of the world’s most popular sushi chains.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • donburi • food • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • tempura • udon)
Four things you should order at rotating sushi restaurant Sushiro if you don’t eat raw fish
- Dale Roll
May 3, 2021
We asked a kaiten-zushi superfan, and they didn’t disappoint!
We try a rotating sushi restaurant in New Delhi, are surprised to find no rotating sushi
- Dale Roll
Jan 13, 2021
Our Japanese-language reporter learns to appreciate cheap, Japanese conveyer belt sushi.
- India
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • Kamezawa Ikuna • New Delhi • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurants • travel)
Pileup on sushi conveyor belt causes chaos for diners at restaurant chain in Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 20, 2020
Derailment at a sushi restaurant leaves everyone confused.
- Japan
- (accidents • conveyer belt sushi • food • Japanese food • Kura Sushi • nigiri • revolving sushi • sashimi • sushi)
Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain makes sushi with the help of artificial intelligence
- Ingrid Tsai
Nov 17, 2020
At least when the machines take over there’ll be good sushi to eat.
- Japan
- (AI • artificial intelligence • conveyer belt sushi • food • Japanese food • Kura Sushi • nigiri • revolving sushi • sashimi • sushi)
Which conveyor belt sushi place’s chawanmushi egg custard is the best? We investigate【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Aug 15, 2020
If you skip this sometimes-overlooked part of a traditional sushi restaurant meal, you’re missing out! Read More
- Japan
- (chawanmushi • COK • conveyer belt sushi • Conveyor belt sushi • egg custard • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro)
We try a rotating sushi chain’s super high-quality 3-layer caviar, sea urchin & fatty tuna sushi
- Dale Roll
Feb 22, 2020
For just 300 yen, you can try some of Japan’s most luxurious sushi ingredients, but is it worth it?
- Japan
- (caviar • conveyer belt sushi • fatty tuna • Kappa Sushi • sea urchin • sushi • uni)
Post-meal waste at Japanese sushi restaurant sparks controversy online
- Oona McGee
Nov 5, 2019
A lesson in what not to do at a revolving sushi joint in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyer belt sushi • environment • food • Japanese food • kaiten sushi • restaurants • rice • sushi • travel • twitter)
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