{"id":2995,"date":"2020-03-24T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T05:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2020-03-25T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T02:23:08","slug":"conveyor-belt-sushi-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/local-area-guides\/conveyor-belt-sushi-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Conveyor Belt Sushi Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coming to Japan you may already have\nsome idea of what kind of restaurants will be waiting for you. There are plenty\nof unique and interesting places to visit in Tokyo or other spots in Japan. One\nof the most talked about restaurants is conveyer belt sushi. They are all over\nJapan and they are a typical place for families to make sure everyone has a\nfull stomach. The prices are low and the quality of food is great. There are\nsome things to know about these places before going in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take a\nNumber<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you enter the restaurant, you\nwill be greeted by a staff member and asked for the amount of people in your\nparty. Once you have told them you will take a number and sit if they have\nnothing available at the moment. Sometimes there is an electronic ticket system\nthat will be in Japanese only. You ask a staff member to help if you can\u2019t\nnavigate the menu well enough. They have started to use a new way to greet\ncustomers though, and it is with the small robot Pepper. Pepper can greet you,\ntake care of seating and some can even answer you, but only in Japanese. The\ntablets most of these robots have now come with an English option. This is not\ntypical of all conveyer bel sushi restaurants, but some chains have\nincorporated them into the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like\nWhat You See?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These kinds of restaurants have\nsomething that no other place does, and that is have ready-made food moving\naround for customers to grab. The main draw of these places is to have the menu\nreadily available for the customers to access. If you see a plate of sushi that\nlooks good, then you simply take it off of the belt line. The restaurant will\nkeep a steady flow of sushi plates moving on the belts for its customers. If\nyou see a picture on a plate but no food, you can order it from the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How\nMuch is That?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The way that these places price their\nfoods is actually really clever. You will have different kinds of sushi being\nplated while you watch the food move around the restaurant. Depending on what\ncolor plate the food is on you will pay a different price. Typically, you will\npay between 100 to 180 yen per plate of sushi. You will usually get two pieces\nof sushi per plate. You can order other things like French fries, ramen, and\ntempura but they will all come at higher prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who\nOrdered This?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some restaurants have learned to\nseparate their booths using colors placed above tablet you use to order. Once\nyou send your order in, you can wait for your table colored plate to come out.\nThis helps keep other people from grabbing your food. That being said, some\nother places don\u2019t color code their plates but the conveyer belt will have\nautomated slots that will open for your order. The next thing they do is have\nthe electronic tablets announce that your order is arriving so you won\u2019t miss\nyour food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where Do\nI Order?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The more traditional conveyer belt\nrestaurants will have a sushi chef set in the middle of the room with you being\nto order directly from them. These restaurants aren\u2019t as well known in Japan\nnow, but they can be found in cities. In the more modern ones there will be a\ntablet at each booth and counter seat. The system will usually have a few\nlanguage options available for foreigners. The English menu contains the whole\nselection of foods available and is very convenient. It even changes the audio\nvoice changes to English as well. You will only interact with the wait staff if\nyou order something that doesn\u2019t come from the kitchen, or is too big for the\nconveyer belt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Do\nI Pay?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you look around you may not see a\nplace to put your plates. This doesn\u2019t mean you should put your dirty plates\nback onto the conveyer belt. Once you and your other guests finish make sure to\nkeep the plates you have eaten from near you. The same for goes for bowls and\nother plates. You will call the wait staff over and tell them that you\u2019re ready\nto pay out. They will then count your plates after stacking them up. Some may\npull out a custom ruler for ease of counting. They will add up your total and\ngive you a laminated barcode sheet to take to the register at the front. They\nscan it and you pay the amount that you had eaten. There are some other places\nthat have receptacle attached to your booth. After the wait staff have given\nyou your total you can throw you plates in. You press the prompt on your tablet\nand begin to slide the plates into the receptacle. There is usually a small\ngame for every five plates, and if you get the right combination on screen you\nwill win a small gatcha prize. It is a fun way to end your meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manners\nAre Key<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most people will be experiencing these\nkinds of places for the first time. You should make sure to follow some basic\nmanners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Don\u2019t take other tables food.<\/li>
  • The conveyer belt is for food only, no cameras on the belt, no used plates, <\/li>
  • Don\u2019t throw your plates away before getting them tallied.<\/li>
  • Do not take food from the conveyer belt with your chop sticks.<\/li>
  • Don\u2019t block the food on the conveyer belt.<\/li>
  • If you have a camera keep it on your table only.<\/li>
  • Be respectful of other patrons in the restaurant.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    It will be a fun experience to see the\nway the food is distributed in these kinds of restaurants. It is usually a\ndelicious and entertaining option to a typical night out. Try and remember that\neven though this may be fun and new for you, other people go there often and won\u2019t\nappreciate loud foreigners. Enjoy your evening and fill up on some great\nJapanese food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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