A Conveyer Belt of Happiness

Let me tell you about the most entertaining (and inexpensive) restaurant I’ve ever been to. No, there is no giant dancing Elvis, no men to set things on fire and catch food in their hats, nor are there peanut shells covering the floor. But…there IS a conveyor belt delivering an endless array of sushi directly to your table, and everyone else’s! And if you don’t like what is on the belt, lack patience, or if someone snatches the last ahi tuna before it makes its way to you, you can order directly from the touch screen menu at your table which, much to our delight, has an “English” button. Minutes later a speedy little shinkansen (bullet train) will arrive, having rolled down the track above the sushi belt, delivering your heart’s desire.

It’s kind of hard to explain really, a picture (and video) is worth a thousand words!

Poor Naoko was probably getting rather tired of us with our “ooh, what’s that?” over and over and over!

Also traveling along the belt is your choice of flan, cheesecake, chocolate cake, coffee jello, and some kind of sesame pudding for dessert. Or, if you are so inclined the shinkansen will rush out a snow cone or a bowl of cantaloupe flavored ice cream (much like the melone gelato in Italy – yum!)

When you can no longer take another bite of anything, push the “account” button on your handy dandy touch screen and an exuberant employee will rush over to count all of your plates and give you your total for the meal. The price is determined by the number of plates you have stacked in front of you and how many of what type of design/color. You can see how many plates we went through…

Now if that doesn't send you scurrying to the travel agency, I don't know what will.