How to order, eat and pay for sushi in Japan (at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant)
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- *** Many people have asked where this restaurant is. The name of the restaurant is Sushiro (in Japanese it's "スシロー"). This particular one was in Osaka near Sekime-Takadono Station (you can find it on Google Maps by searching for "スシロー 関目店"), but you don't need to go there because they are all over Japan. Search Google Maps for スシロー and you will see all the restaurants for this chain. Or just search for "sushi" in English and you'll find all chains and smaller restaurants too.
If you ever come to Japan for a visit, be sure to check out a conveyer belt sushi restaurant! Watching food roll by your table and grabbing what you want as it goes by is one of those ideas that seems wacky but is actually awesome.
However, it might be a little tricky if you don't read or understand Japanese. There is very little English in this restaurant so here is a video that explains everything, from getting a table to paying the bill.
Watch and enjoy!
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you put in the order on the touch screen with your pinky knuckle. if you are still wondering what happened 17:31
This restaurant seems much more complicated than other conveyor belt sushi restaurants I visited in Tokyo. At the other places, the plate colours determined the price and you take what you want. If you wanted something made specially for you, you tell the chef or server and they bring it straight to you. There was zero chance of accidentally taking someone else's order.
That's why a video was needed. lol
Im going to tokyo in summer
Can you tell me where you went to eat sushi like that? It‘s way easier😂
why do I torture myself with watching videos of sushi in the middle of the night? :/
+RetroMic me too :( ...
I live at the country side and have one sushi shop in town.. rip Gold Panda
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Meeeeee ahhaha
RetroMic so me right now
As a Japanese, I appreciate what you've done. To introduce Japanese culture, we'd better do it. But some of foreigners pick out interesting topics and show them to future coming visitors who are interested in Japan.
This video really helps them to eat Sushi there, doesn't it?
This system seems to be complicated, but practice makes perfect !
I really hope that they'll have a good time and happy eating in Japan.(^^)
+Rondadoreronda "Practice makes perfect" wow hearing that from a real living Japanese, that's awesome :D
Ahahahaha! Even Japanese, without practicing, we cannot keep up with or get used to advanced technology!^^； When I went there for the first time, this touch panel puzzled me. So without using it, I had to take the dishes carried by the conveyer belt., that I mean that I was not able to eat what I wanted to. (T-T)
+E. HNV Thanks for your comment.
+Rondadoreronda
Sheesh! I would end up being one hungry dude while I got the hang of this!
William Mellor Mr. Mellor, maybe you'd get puzzled, but don' worry. The waiter or waitress, or someone around you are willing to help you if you ask.
I want to visit Japan at least once before I die.
hahahaha same like my wish
same
do it
Your profile picture matches your comment perfectly
Same😔💖
"If you don't like mayonnaise, don't order it." Wow, that's some great advice there. Thanks!
He would definitely be a good actor for a villain.
supremewhip I think so too! Seriously. I can't believe Hollywood hasn't called me yet. LOL
Slow Easy English you remind me of jason statham
psound sytem Hey wait a minute... why'd you say "poor guy"??? WTH man! LOL!
To be fair, he didn't say he thinks I am villainous because of my look. He said I'd make a good actor to play one. And also being compared to Jason Statham is certainly not a bad thing.
psound sytem Of course. My channel's audience is 90% non-US Western people! he he
And I learned something new today. I didn't know that Latin people were stereotypically overdramatic. ;)
psound sytem haha. Actually, it's funny because many people seem to think I look a bit menacing. Especially here in Japan, I think the shaved head look is still rare enough that it scares some people. But really, I'm not like that at all.
1680 yen? Right now, that's $14.11 US! Eating that much sushi where I live would cost at least five times that much.
jackal59 Is it really THAT expensive elsewhere? There's a restaurant near my sister's place that has an all-you-can-eat lunch for something like $14 so after tip and taxes it's still less than $20. I think maybe people are comparing this restaurant (in the video) to a different class of restaurant in their hometown. Remember that this place, Sushiro, is as cheap as sushi gets in Japan. There are a lot of non-conveyor belt restaurants that cost much, much more. Also, the pieces are a lot bigger than Sushiro's.
Slow Easy English
I don't know if it's that expensive everywhere, but it is where I live (which admittedly is rural and about 1300 miles from the closest Pacific Ocean port).
jackal59 I dont even have sushi here, i need to drive 400km south to get some reasonable priced food.
jackal59 THAT IS SO CHEAP !!! In the US it wouldve been maybe 30-40$ in Las Vegas for that ! The US needs these places !!!!
jackal59 That is dirt cheap... Try eating what they ordered in Sydney, it would cost around US$100
All that for about 14 bucks? That would only get me 8 pieces at the closest sushi place...
+Zach Schwarz 8 rolls is a lot! And that's cheap if you actually mean 8 rolls, and not 8 pieces of a roll, which is typically just 1 roll. Here by me, 1 roll can be up to 14 bucks alone, depending what's on it.
+Skeptical_Spatula I meant 8 pieces haha my bad
+Zach Schwarz Here in Belgium I order 10 pieces of nigiri, 8 pieces of maki and pay $30 which I think is a lot although it's high quality.
Younes BE that's about what it goes for where I live
@@Younes07770 here in India an average sushi boat(32p) is 6000Rs, that's around 100$, it's high quality tho not as good as the ones you get in Tokyo
"and if you look up there thers the sign..." aims the camera at the parking sign lmao
I think the ginger is more for cleansing the palate rather than just eating it because it's delicious ginger.
Kenazzle Exactly, it's to have a better appreciation of each sushi, so you have to take one little piece between each one. I personally don't do it all the time, but that's the explanation.
Kenazzle you’re supposed to eat a piece of ginger between each piece of sushi
Precisely, I'd agree.
if we had one of these in America, everybody would be getting into fights
+AmazingVideos conveyor belt sushi restaurants do exist in america. Not as automated, but the concept is around.
agree
Or people would poke into the food and not pick it up.
We do!
+AmazingVideos Sadly its so true haha...
Yo wtf Japan is on some next level shit
+KOBE24x5
is it really? i think they got their priorities all wrong
fr though lmao.
WARNING:Do not eat the conveyor belt
But that's the best part
Whai?
Little soy sauce it is perfect
so basically this is for the introverts in you where you don't have to talk to anybody
Dude do you even know Japanese culture? Most are quiet and reserved.
Perfect . . . my kinda place . . .🙈🙉🙊
Who do you talk to when you go eat, besides the people you dine with? The waiter/waitress for about 15 seconds?
@@PeteCurrington Thank you.
What's wrong with that
the ginger is for cleaning your palette (tongue) so the next piece sushi taste of itself rather than tainted from after taste of the previous piece
serafinski1 Everything I've known is a lie......I stick the ginger on my sushi.....
Wow, I would love to got to Japan and try this but this whole process scares me. They should have this system in all McDonalds and other fast food joints all over the world (and in Japanese), it would cure the obesity crisis overnight as nobody would have a clue how to order their food. +1 to the Japanese
+ChocolateTampon LOL
ChocolateTampon lmfao this would not cure obesity
If you constantly eat fish and seafood, because that's the easiest, most plentiful, food source there (and work as hard as they do, you're not likely to become obese.
Our McDonalds already has a touchscreen and you only pick up your order at the counter !!!
It's a very interesting video, although, every your video is useful.
I'm fond of watching your channel! Thank you so much for your efforts!
That ticket machine can literally do a better job in restaurants here in the US than the already overburdened wait staff. Really. The wait staff can focus on the customers already sitting instead of having constantly swing by the lobby to check-in people.
***** What you say is probably true. But then... why not replace the wait staff with the conveyor belt too?
Slow Easy English In another video, I noticed that there were stairs leading inside....I guess it's not suitable for people in wheelchairs
Yeah, unfortunately Japan is not very convenient for the people in wheelchairs.
Slow Easy English Well, that sucks, Sil...My Birthday is coming up and I had asked my mom if we can go get Sushi for my Birthday, she said no...
That's too bad. Why no sushi?
Oh, and hey, happy birthday!
Holy smoke that's complicated! Thank god I came upon your video and learned the procedures. Thank you so much Sil!
Thanks for making the video, letting me know something new about how to order and eat in Japan. Thank you, my friend!
Very nice video bro I’ve live in Japan too
I’m from Brazil and I’m learning English by my way thanks bald man you’re rock
Thank you for making this video. I've always been interested in visiting Japan, but if I walked into that restaurant before seeing this video, I would have been completely lost. There's a lot of little tricks. Dos and don'ts.
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Brilliant! Thanks for making this video. I've been to Japan several times and I always make an effort to speak Japanese, but a lot of the people I met want to practice their English which is cool too. I love these type of innovative uses of technology. One of my favourite places was what I'd call a gyoza bar with 100 yen steins of beer and fried gyoza, very popular with students. Used to go there every night.
Thank you it was very useful! i'm going to Japan on may. i put your video in favorites!
Generally its bad form to pour soy sauce directly on to sushi, it is however acceptable to lightly dip it using hands or chopstick. if you prefer more soy sauce, simply remove the fish then dip it in the soy sauce, then return it to the sushi rice.
D: I found the weeaboo
That’s just completely untrue. Why would not be able to put soy sauce on sushi? That make makes zero sense you wanna know why because that’s not a fact or even an opinion in japan. Stop spreading misinformation please.
@@ultraviolet2447 - Its considered TABOO in JAPAN and Extremely Rude.
IF you want some Soy Sauce on your Sushi , IF your hands are CLEAN , then pick up the Fish with your Fingers , Dip it in the Soy Sauce and RETURN it to the Rice , then you can pickup the Whole thing and eat it.
you can also use Chopsticks.
SOME HIGH END Sushi places DONT even provide Soy Sauce as the CHEF does NOT allow it.
I would be completely lost looking at that ordering machine like some foreign object from another planet
I've been fascinated with Japan since I was 12. Everything from the culture to architecture.
I really hope I'll have a chance to live there soon.
We have NEVER been with some one as silly as you are lol. Thank you for making our day silly.
Haha! Yes, I'm very "sylli". So sylli, in fact, I create a new channel called Rilli Sylli! Check it out if you like travel videos! :)
Pickled ginger is most most delicious part of the sushi eating experience.
Lex Hostler as far as i know, you're *supposed* to eat it in between different types of sushi as a pallet cleanser, but i love that shit so much i could make a meal of it. Also delicious with yakisoba
Lex Hostler ah, yeah i wouldn't say better, but it's still kinda yummy. I'll sometimes shove some ginger in my face before i've finished chewing and swallowing a piece of sashimi. What bothers me more is people covering the sushi in soysauce before they've even tasted it by itself. I get it, that's how you think it tastes better, so ok, but at least taste it the way the chef prepares it first. How do you even know you like it better drowning in soy sauce if you haven't even eaten a bite of it the way it was made. I guess in the west you can get away with it, but i live in Japan, so i gotta make sure my sushi game is on point :P
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The ginger isn't for adding to your sushi, it's to cleanse your palate in between each type of sushi. I mean if you like it, by all means go for it, but people would probably think you're weird. Lol
Not true. People have this preconceived notion that sushi must be eaten a certain way (Dont dip your sushi, only eat it with your fingers, bla bla bla) but it's completely acceptable to eat the ginger with your sushi (: It's all preference.
Lex Hostler Putting ginger on sushi is neither rude nor destroying a culture.
Alyssa Jones as weird as having a white girl from America tell you how to do traditional Japanese things
Lol, nobody gives a shit about how you eat your sushi at these cheap places
@@AnhDonoi isn't "nguyen" Vietnamese?
Thanks for this. I live in Australia and we have these restaurants here in the cities. Never been in because I didn't know how to order. But now I do. That's cool. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. We went to Sushi-Ro last night in Hiroshima. The 'waiting' ticket machine was slightly different but the logic was similar. Also, at this store, the coloured dishes were all the same - No different colours for each table. When the machine chimed, you saw your food coming and took the plate. There is a picture of your food in the console. We also ordered beers - the waitress brings these to the table.
Everything else was identical - by the way the food was beautiful & we will find another Sushi-Ro in Tokyo on our last night before we fly home.
Again, thank you. This would have been pretty impossible to decipher without your brilliant video.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it and found it useful. :)
im going to starve to death in japan lol. i gotta start learning that language asap
LOL. Don't sweat it. Speak clearly, slowly and simply and you'll get by just fine.
English is taught in pretty much all Japanese elementary schools so while you might have trouble reading it, the staff should be able to help.
so did you learn it?
The people on the other side of the conveyor are giving the camera glares
Someone was trying to explain to me how this restaurant worked, but I did not understand. This video explains it all perfectly, so now I understand. Thank you. Thumbs up!
you didnt miss to point explain anything! I got everything in detail, so much appreciated! Thanks!
Even though I will never be able to afford a trip of any nature, this was a very enjoyable and educational video. I have had sushi but not good sushi. Anyhow, good job! I wanted you to pick some fried shrimp so bad. lol
+girlsrockurboyz Haha. OK. Fried shrimp next time! Thanks for the compliments.
This guy is cool and explains it very well most videos i watch they say it to fast and im autistic so it just confuses me with too much information to fast and then i just try to think about something else that wont confuse me and stress me out
Thank you for showing this! :) I hope to go to Japan someday soon and this is very helpful then :)
Very nice Video. Got a lot of information about how exactly it looks like and experience.
Can't wait to visit Japan.
Cool, I just realised my Japanese is good enough to read the menues and ticket machine
Wow that is crazy cheap, I'd be eating there frequently at that price. 👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks for the detailed video. Just like I'm there eating sushi with you. This video must have taken lots of time and effort. Love it.
Love the way you did this. Great video.
wtf i thought these places only existed in mobile phone video games
Same 😂😂😂
Richard Lannister HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DITTO
Japanese can make it real
Sushi is pretty expensive in NY. It's amazing that you can get genuine Japanese sushi for such a low price in Japan.
+TheStig ZeroZeroZero Yeah, but then again, pizzas are very expensive here. For example, a medium PIzza Hut Supreme is 2570 yen ($21.22) and a large is 3780 yen ($31.22). Just for fun, I looked up the same pizzas in California and they are $14 and $17 respectively. More than 50% more expensive for the M and nearly double the price for the L. But it turns out that they're even MORE expensive when you consider that a medium in the States is bigger than a medium in Japan.
In Japan, the medium is 25cm (9.84in) and the large is 31cm (12.2in). In the States, the medium is 12" and the large is 14".
So, calculating your cost per square inch for a medium in Japan, you'd get 4.92^2 * pi = 76 sq.in.
In the States, it would be 6^2 * pi = 113 sq.in. You get 50% more pizza for 2/3 the price.
Cost per square inch in Japan is 21.22/76 = 28 cents/sq.in. while in the U.S. it is 14/113, only 12.4 cents, less than 1/2 the price. I think the difference would be even greater for the large but I don't feel like doing all the calculations. LOL
This is not good sushi, its like McDonald's
Very informative..Thanks for sharing this video
Sil,. You look uncomfortable, but if you can go to Japan and speak Japanese and understand all of the rigmarole that you have to go through in order to order sushi, you rock. I'm subscribing to see what else you are capable of.
Ginger is also used to clean the palate (A.K.A your mouth)
Well it's been 6 years sushiro has gotten even more modern
How so?????
I was in Japan for a few weeks about 8 years ago. After a long trip from NY to get there we found a Sushi place just behind our hotel. We were four guys and we ended up finding the place later in the evening around 8. There were only people at two other tables so we sat at a table near the belt. At that place the cost was based on the color plate the food came out on. There were 4 or 5 different plates from 150 to 300 Yen. The place we were setting at was passed the other two tables so we were grabbing everything as it came by because they were not picking things up. By the time we were done we all had about 8 or 9 plates each. I found the concept of the color plates interesting along with watching the food come around and just grabbing what ever looked interesting.
Another evening I went out by myself and was just relaxing at a table when a little boy around 7 came over and practiced his English a bit. Offering a few questions he got excited that I understood and replied. Then his parents called him back over to their table. I'm sure they thought he was interrupting my dinner but I found it great that he wanted to learn and show how well he was doing. I hope those few minutes encouraged his desire to learn what is not an easy langue to master.
When I was in San Jose three years ago I found a sushi place with a similar set up. There was a belt that carried the sushi out and you picked up what you want and it was based on how many plates picked up. I have not seen any in NY like that. I like that system better.
Thank you so much for this great helpful video look forward to watching more 👌👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️
So 1,680 yen? Which is only $14? For all of that amazing food?
Yen are basically in coins as 500 or more because people get payed 50,000 yen so probably 200$ or 300$
+Movie Games I've been to China a while ago and got amazing food for basicly nothing. Like fresh, hand made noodles with wonderfull sauce for 0.80$. It was a dirty ass place but the food was good so I don't care.
+Offender man Huh?
Well somebody likes to get high
US$15.12
1680 Yen are about 15€. Cheap lunch for 2 people
The actual order total was 1,869 yen, but it's still not bad.
I was never embarrassed of anything. Every time I did anything wrong, local always came to help.
That's dope..thanks for making this.
wow so cheap and so local, and here we pay so much for a freakin sushi
MyAlienX I think it has to do with supply, I mean you will expect Japan to have a lot of good sushi restraunt
The ginger is for cleansing the palate between kinds of sushi, NOT for adding to sushi.
Thank you for this video that I have randomly come across. it will hopefully help me and my husband to be next year on our trip!
Awesome video! Thank you!
Great video! I always thought it was much more expensive in Japan.
Don't be fooled. Many things are very expensive still. But the difference is not as great as it used to be 20 years ago because of inflation in the west and very little here. This sushi was the exact same price 20 years ago. LOL.
how much did it cost
1680 yen is pretty much a 1:1 ratio to US dollar. So, his meal costed around ~$17 USD
His meal cost $17 but he getting a real deals from authentic Japanese chef, where as in U.S it would be from a Chinese knock off and may be with added chemical god know.
Some places in the U.S do have real japanese chefs, but you generally won't see such a wide array of fish, and freshness of this caliber. Unfortunate, but there really isin't much the U.S can do when shipping fish around.
Very helpful. Thank you. (But if you want to be amused then press the subtitles. They are hilarious!)
I love this video, it's clear enough and very usefull. Gonna be visiting Japan next few months.
Several years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Japan and we ate at the Conveyor Belt Sushi. It was awesome.
+GanjaBear29 by you, of course. Smoking dat ganja!
Gaaaa now I'm hungry!!!!
I like it..🖒🖒
Very in depth. Thanks!
Loved that, sounds fun!!
i loled so hard when u said u put the empty plate back idk why
The pickled ginger is meant to be a palate cleanser in between your dishes, especially those with heavy flavours.
I've just been putting the ginger on my sushi pieces as I eat them
Thank you for your nice video, me and my wife watched it together. This evening I'll be going to a 'all you can eat' sushi restaurant here in the Netherlands. I love sushi, and you have learned us that it's not all about raw fish! Thank you!
thanks for the vid ! i learned so much. i can't wait to eat at Sushiro!! :)
If you want to go to Japan and live there,first thing first were these:
1.Hiragana
2.Katakana
3.Kanji
4.Romaji
*cries in kanji*
I'm being silly... because I'm Sill... y. That line got me laughing so hard!
he should've went up to a random non english speaking japenese person and been like I want to eat some Whoha! I mean some sushi. that's not how u do it? k bye
The easiest to understand explanation on how to eat sushi at conveyer belt sushi restaurant. Good job!
I find the experience of not only the fact you're eating sushi interesting but also the method used to order/pay for the meal.
I don't doubt that it's affordable, but the ambiance is like a junior high school cafeteria; very loud and boisterous. If I went there I would probably load up on tamago, maki and boiled ebi and save my money for other dishes in a more traditional, intimate sushi bar where it's quiet, less complicated and more relaxing. Do they sell beer and saki in this type of restaurant? If not, would they let you bring your own?
Dan Crosby I'm almost 100% sure they do sell beer, if not sake. But I've never stopped to notice cuz I always just drink the tea. But I'm sure I've seen it there. I'll try to make a point of noticing it next time I go.
The captions are funny.
So cool! Thanks for making this
Learnt something new today , thank you.
japanese restaurants are amazing...
Are the colors of the dishes the same for all the restaurants that serve that sushi type or does it vary according to the restaurant? Oh, and great video, by the way!
Thanks. Each restaurant chain will have their own color scheme, I believe.
Mauricio Costa
They may castrate you. lol
They chop off a finger 😈 lol
Thank you for this video! Planning to visit Japan, but doing research. Glad I'm actually eating sushi tonight because I'm hungry now. ☺🍣
Thanks ! Very interesting and somethings new!
1680 is $14 US ...not a bad price.
johnnybarbar more like $18 for a long time. Dollar is weaker for past 7-8 years versus Japanese yen
ALL of that was that cheap? Dear lord I'm jealous
Thanks for explaining the process so clearly.
Thanks very much for this video. I really love sushi and wanted to learn how to eat properly
They have these in a Texas mall
your are supposed to eat the ginger after each dish to cleanse your pallet
Thanks for sharing the video Sill. Appreciate it and got a real inside of a sushi conveyer belt restaurant in Japan. In Kuala Lumpur we do have plenty of these kind of restaurants with iPad for ordering.
So interesting! Thanks!
heaven is indeed real
I'd love to join u guys ♡♡
Stefanie Habi No problem. Come join us! :-)
very good video! thank you for making it
One of the most informative vids ever! I'm serious, if I went to Japan before watching this I would've wound up taking other people's food, paying for kids, and wind up using the wrong sauce lol. Thanks for this video!!!
I was thinking, "wow, they should do this in North America!" Then I remembered how people have no respect and will steal or contaminate your food
Especially Mexico
Way to generalize 300 million people, America is not this bad
there are many conveyor belt sushi restaurants in north america that do just fine.
easterntrees they don’t work in the same way as this one. With those you just take what you want as it comes round. This it is made fresh to order
I'd like to ask a question. As I've seen in some videos, isn't the way to put the soy sauce is by putting it on a small plate and "dip" your sushi onto that plate ?
And not by pouring the soy sauce over the sushi ?
I don't know for sure. I've seen Japanese people do it this way so I do it too. I'm not the type to care much about how things "should" be done and prefer to do things the way things are actually done by normal people. Also, although this has nothing to do with being "proper", I'll usually only do it this way on my first dish because there is no plate for the soya sauce. Then, after I eat the sushi on the first plate, from then on, I'll use that as my soya sauce plate, just as you describe.
Oh, I see then. Thanks for the reply :)
well, this video is kinda useful for me, thanks!