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Japanese sushi etiquette: You may have been ordering sushi wrong this whole time
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2026 - Tweet
Read this before ordering fatty tuna at a sushi restaurant in Japan.
- Japan
- (Conveyor belt sushi • counter sushi restaurant • dining • eating • food • how to • Japanese etiquette • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • restaurant etiquette • restaurants • sushi)
Sushi Bus starts running in Japan, but is it a tourist trap or tourist must-do?
- Oona McGee
Oct 10, 2026
We take a trip on the world’s first conveyor belt sushi bus…and it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.
- Japan
- (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • food • Japanese food • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • SNO • sushi • Sushi Bus • sushi restaurant • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • tour • tourism • tours • travel • Willer)
Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2026
Hopefully the food prep won’t be as lazy as the AI video preview.
- Japan
- (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • crazy • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • restaurants • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Japan’s revolving sushi restaurant king Sushiro coming to U.S. this fall with high prices, no tipping
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2026
Sushiro, budget-friendly in Japan, is adding private rooms and full-course meals as it arrives in America for the first time.
- Japan, USA
- (Conveyor belt sushi • food • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • New York • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • Times Square)
Sushi Bus: Japan’s first conveyor-belt bus lets you eat sushi while sightseeing around Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2026
Jiro dreams of sushi, but he never would’ve dreamed of this.
- Japan
- (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • sushi restaurant • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • tour • tourism • tours • travel • Willer)
Japanese man’s gross conveyor belt sushi social media prank video gets him a 500,000-yen fine
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2026
Cost of sushi? 132 yen. Cost of being a moron? 500,000.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • food • forced obstruction of business • gross • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • pranks • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi)
Video of man spraying liquid on conveyor belt sushi leads to arrest in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2026
Says he did it for the social media views, but the police didn’t like what they saw.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • food • forced obstruction of business • gross • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • pranks • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi)
Japan’s best conveyor belt sushi restaurant of seven years ago has now, finally, come to Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2026
We head to the new arrival from the north to see if it’s still something special.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Tabelog • taste test • top-rated)
Nintendo’s Kirby now delivering orders at Kura Sushi restaurants, but not in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Dec 3, 2025
A rare case of food coming out of Kirby instead of going inside.
- Japan, USA
- (Conveyor belt sushi • cute • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kirby • Kura Susha • Kurazushi • nintendo • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • video games)
Kura Sushi wants to see you smile for a chance to win prizes
- Master Blaster
Sep 28, 2025
Cheer up the cat and try to win a prize!
- Japan
- (Conveyor belt sushi • food • Kurazushi • Present System • restaurants • revolving sushi • Smile Challenge • smiling • sushi)
A report from the Kura Sushi sushi-making world championships【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2025
22 teams gather, but only one can walk away with the title of best Kura Sushi chefs in the world.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi)
Why does this sushi restaurant serve raw tuna in an ice cream cone?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2025
Totomaru shatters our expectations, but can they win our hearts?
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crazy • food • ice cream • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • weird)
Conveyor belt sushi system for world cuisine? Special Kura Sushi branch has food from over 70 countries
- SoraNews24
Aug 5, 2025
Kura Sushi shows up at the world’s fair with food from around the globe that it sends around the restaurant.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Expo 2025 • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO)
Godiva at revolving sushi? Luxury chocolatier crafts desserts for kaitenzushi chain
- Casey Baseel
Jul 4, 2025
A little luxury for dessert, at prices that aren’t so big.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Godiva • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • sweets)
What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Kura Sushi?【Japan Super Budget Dining】
- SoraNews24
Jun 7, 2025
Fish, noodles, and heresy are all on the table as our panel of hngry reporters puts together 10 different meals for 1,000 yen or less.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Japan super budget dining • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazuhi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi)
Kura Sushi opens new high-end revolving bar restaurant in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2025
Conveyor belt sushi goes upmarket with premium fish you won’t get at regular chains.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • food • Japanese food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • Muten Kura • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi)
Electric conveyor belt sushi kit brings the fun of a revolving sushi restaurant into your home
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2025
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)
Can our pregnant reporter find fulfilment by eating only non-raw foods at Sushiro?
- Krista Rogers
Jan 20, 2025
A pregnancy craving turned into a challenge to see what other delicious dishes the popular sushi chain can offer women in the same boat.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • dessert • fish • kaiten sushi • menu • non-raw sushi • pregnant • raw food • side dishes • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro)
Sushiro and Black Thunder fall in love with each other again for Valentine’s Day
- Master Blaster
Jan 14, 2025
Love is a many-synergistic thing.
- Japan
- (Black Thunder • chocolate bars • Conveyor belt sushi • dessert • food • parfaits • romance • sushi • Sushiro • Valentine's Day)
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