Video: Sayonara, Conveyor Belt Sushi?

Video: Sayonara, Conveyor Belt Sushi?

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Conveyor belt sushi restaurant
Many of you have heard about or eaten at a revolving conveyer-belt sushi - or kaiten-zushi - restaurant. What most people don't know, however, is that this business gimmick in Japan is slowly going out of business.

Many of you have heard about or eaten at a revolving conveyer-belt sushi – or kaiten-zushi – restaurant. What most people don’t know, however, is that this business gimmick in Japan is slowly going out of business.

This is a video version of our article Why Revolving Conveyor Belt Sushi is Fading in Japan.

Sayonara, Conveyor Belt Sushi?

Why a popular business gimmick in Japan – and around the world – is going out of business. This is a video version of our original post on Unseen Japan: http…

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Jay Allen

Jay is a resident of Tokyo where he works as a reporter for Unseen Japan and as a technial writer. A lifelong geek, wordsmith, and language fanatic, he has level N1 certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) and is fervently working on his Kanji Kentei Level 2 certification.

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