Conveyor belt sushi

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1. It is not true that it is universally banned. But you can google “sushi terrorism” to read about some of the news.

2. We were in Japan in late March and had conveyor belt sushi. I couldn’t tell you where, except in Tokyo, I think around shibuya, about five stories up.

   Edit, it was in this building
   2 Chome-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

3. The places I went in April still had the food come along the conveyor belts and stop at your table. As opposed to having some just always going around.

4. We just got back from Tokyo yesterday. Kura Sushi is a conveyor chain that is all over and it was a really cool/cheap experience. There are items on conveyors that are up for grabs and also an ipad you can use to order items that shoot to you on the conveyor.

5. We’re currently in Tokyo and can confirm some places do not use the conveyor belts so much anymore. Sushiro in Akiba only uses the top conveyor belt for your specific orders and doesn’t have any going around on the normal belt. Kura Sushi by SkyTree had sushi going around on the belt, but also still used the top belt for orders. Not sure about any others yet, but I think it’s different for each restaurant or chain.

6. I ate at a conveyor belt sushi place at Kyoto station last week. Definitely still some around

7. If you are in Tokyo, check out Uobei sushi in Shibuya. It is 5 minutes from the crossing, and while they don’t have the conveyor belt they use a neat moving belt type of system to deliver your sushi after you order it from the tablet. Plates of sushi are cheap (120¥) and a pretty good quality considering the price. If there is a line out the door, don’t worry as it moves very fast since they have over 100 seats.

8. It’s brought out by the conveyor belt, but you order it on the tablet. This is because punkass kids think its funny to lick shit and put it back.

9. I went to a conveyor sushi restaurant in Kyoto Station in February, it worked exactly as you’d hope: take plates off the line, different colors are different costs, etc.

10. Some places have stopped using the conveyor belt due to “sushi terrorism,” but plenty of places still use it.

    That said, for a while now it’s been a mix— the place we go to uses the conveyor belt for the more popular/cheaper things (that they know will be picked up fast), but tablet ordering is available for a wider range of things (including pricier items/sets).

11. I went to one and they stopped as well, I am hoping to trying in Osaka coming this week

12. We went to a restaurant in Ginza and experienced what your friend said, tbh i was kinda disappointed cuz I wanted to experience it. But i had friends that did have the conveyor belt experience in shibuya.

13. I ate at a place yesterday in Osaka that was a conveyor belt system, you just grab the plate and it’s covered by a plastic dome

14. Even at conveyor belt places I always use the tablet, it feels (and in some cases probably is) more fresh and it is easier to keep track of what you have eaten.

15. We ate at two conveyor belt sushi places recently, one in Shinjuku and one in Asakusa and both locations were running normally without any restrictions.

16. Sushiro, the largest chain, has stopped their conveyor belt pickup and just has the direct delivery belt now. However other chains still do it. To be honest though, the amount of people that pick it off the public belt has been dropping for years since they introduced tablet specific ordering as people want it freshly prepared.

17. Sushiro only does conveyor belt delivery via the tablet if that makes sense.

18. Went to Mori Mori in Kanazawa a couple weeks ago — the conveyer belt was cheaper stuff (mostly veggie stuff), but it was there! Tablet for everything else.

19. Went to a place in Shibuya (not Kura) last week and it was regular conveyor belt style.

20. I went to a sushi belt restaurant in the NRT Airport on April 29th.

21. It’s a mix of both. You can order through a tablet, but some sushi also comes by conveyer belt

22. I saw conver sushi in Tokyo station 3 days ago. Also have seen bbq where you cook the meat at the table. All the Japanese wear masks but no one talks about Covid and I haven’t heard about anyone catching it. I never went before Covid so I can’t compare but I’d say 80-90% is back to normal.

23. It has been a common practice for a long time at revolving sushi restaurants to order directly from the staff if you want fresh sushi. The sushi that goes around on the conveyor belt is usually discarded after a certain period of time, so there should be no hygiene issues. However, customers cannot know how long the sushi has been sitting on the belt, so many people prefer to order from the staff.
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not considered good to order directly from staff, so tablets have been adopted in recent years.
    I think the content of the question is probably related to the recent incident involving a reckless TikToker interfering with other customers’ orders. This incident has brought attention to the hygiene practices at revolving sushi restaurants. As a result, some restaurants are still avoiding serving sushi on the conveyor belt.

    I apologize if there are parts that are difficult to read as my English is not very good.

24. its surprising to me, I have heard little else about japan in the last half year or so

    bunch of teens have been misbehaving and touching food, licking stuff, that kinda of shit, and filming themselves, probably for just a prank bro tik tok clout, and were “found out” (months later) and now, the whole country is in shock about how every sushi belt restaurant is a covid and aids and cancer superspreader and how every other person in there is just trying to murder you. and bankrupt the establishment

    seriously, the restaurants were at that point fearing for their survival.

    so what can you do, if you are stuck in the situation?

    so now, the most sensible thing seems to be that they (claim to) clean like everything every second, that nothing is being put in the reach of customers, and that the food you are getting is from the kitchen right to your, and can. not. be. tainted

    sooo… thats why conveyor belt sushi is “gone”

25. Kura Sushi and Sushiro both have conveyor belts. Kura Sushi has constantly rotating pieces that you can simply grab off, and you can also order specific items on the tablet that will be delivered to you on a separate conveyor belt. Sushiro does not have constantly rotating pieces, so you have to order on the tablet what you want and it will come out on the conveyor belt.

    This is my experience over the past 30 days based on the locations I went to.

26. I had Kura sushi at Harajuku 2 weeks ago, and I was so confused as to why there was pretty much no sushi going around the communal conveyor belt. I completely forgot about the whole sushi terrorism thing. All of the sushi we got had to be ordered and rolled in through the second conveyor which was the table delivery system.

27. Yup like others have said there is a conveyor sushi shop in Kyoto station food hall under Kyoto tower. But the tiny yakisoba stall had the best noodles I’ve ever eaten. As of last week 👍

    And there’s a cute gin bar that does some great photo worthy cocktails and also one with CBD oil in it as far as I could tell

28. There’s been a huge problem with people here licking the plates on the conveyor belt, the chopsticks, the silverware. So I think a lot of them have decided to just do the tablet thing. I personally prefer it because a lot of the sushi on the conveyor belt isn’t as fresh and I don’t want to eat sushi that’s been moving throughout the store for hours lol

29. Almost all places have weened it down and many have outright stopped it. Personally I am stoked as its wasteful and I never grab anything off it anyway.