Conveyor belt sushi
Conveyor belt sushi has spread not only all over Japan, but also overseas. Small plates of sushi flow on a conveyor, and customers pick up the pieces they like and eat them.
The casual, semi-self-service style with inexpensive and clear checkout is easy to use for families and tourists alike, making it very popular.
This "conveyor belt sushi" was born in Osaka. One day, the founder of Genroku Sangyo, who ran a small stand-up sushi restaurant in Fuse, Higashiosaka City, went on a tour of a beer factory in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, and saw bottles flowing on a conveyor belt and beer pouring out. I saw a scene where they were being poured one after another. The sushi restaurant was so busy that it was too late to make the sushi after receiving the order, so plates of shrimp, squid, octopus, and other sushi were piled up like a pyramid on the counter in advance. , I even said ``Yes!''. The store was also suffering from a labor shortage, so they thought that using a conveyor would save the store's labor.
Fuse asked for development because the area is home to many small and medium-sized businesses, and one of his regular customers was a manager in the ironworks industry. The biggest challenge during development was the corners. The plate doesn't spin properly and falls off. After many years of struggle, it was finally completed.
The first conveyor belt sushi restaurant, which was named the ``revolving meal table'' and had a conveyor that rotated around the restaurant, opened in 1958.
The store was well received by Osaka people who love new and unusual things, and the number of stores increased. After exhibiting at the World's Fair in 1970, its popularity quickly rose. Since then, conveyor belt sushi has become a boom all over the country. It is also the driving force behind making sushi from a luxury item to an everyday food for common people.
The original "Genroku Sushi" is still open throughout Osaka.
*Photo provided by: Genroku Sushi
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