News Osaka Expo to feature 135-metre sushi conveyor belt

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Kura Sushi, a major sushi restaurant chain, will offer a unique dining experience at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. The company will feature a massive 135-metre-long conveyor belt serving sushi and dishes from various cuisines. This conveyor belt will be the longest, surpassing the 123-metre belt at their global flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo. Typical sushi restaurant conveyor belts are usually around 90 metres long.

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"(Revolving sushi) is ubiquitous in Japan, but many people in the world still don't know about it. I want them to feel the excitement of a sushi-go-round," Hiroyuki Okamoto, chief communications officer of Kura Sushi, said at a press conference in Osaka. The company is also developing special menus for diners from around the world who will take part in the exhibitions of the World Exposition, slated for April 13 to Oct. 13 next year on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay. In line with the expo's push for sustainability, the sushi chain operator based in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, will reuse some 336,000 blood clam shells that were to be disposed of to create the outer walls of the new restaurant. Automated revolving sushi restaurants are said to have been popularized at the World Expo 1970 held in Osaka Prefecture.

Sushi dishes to ride on 135-meter conveyor belt at 2025 Osaka Expo

Major sushi restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi Inc. will offer sushi dishes as well as cuisines of other countries on a 135-meter-long conveyor belt at the 2025 World Expo venue in Osaka.

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