Kaiten-zushi : Sushi Restaurant

Do you like sushi, or have you ever had sushi in Japan?

There are a lot of Kaiten-zushi restaurants everywhere in Japan, and we can eat sushi at affordable prices. Kaiten-zushi means a “conveyor belt” sushi bar in Japanese. Do you know who invented the conveyor belt sushi bar?

There was a man who wanted sushi to become a daily food for common people, because sushi is a pronoun for high-quality foods. In 1947, he opened a standing sushi bar for the general public. His name is Mr Yoshiaki Shiraishi, the founder of Genroku Sushi, one of the sushi restaurants in Japan. As his sushi bar was popular, he was looking for a way to serve as many customers as he could when working by himself. At the time, he came up with the idea after watching beer bottles on a conveyor belt at a beef factory. 

In 1958, finally he invented the first Kaiten-zushi bar in Osaka. He got the patent for conveyor belt sushi in 1962 and registered the trademark of the word: “kaiten” so that other companies couldn’t use the name “Kaiten”-zushi for their sushi-shops. After he opened the use of this patent for other companies, the name Kaiten-zushi became more commonly used in Japan and everyone can find Kaiten-zushi restaurants everywhere in Japan.

However, you might realize that few sushi are carried on a conveyor belt in Kaiten-zushi restaurants these days. Customers order some sushi from the sushi craftsman directly, which is a normal ordering style in a sushi restaurant. When the conveyor belt sushi bar was invented, people were very interested in this new technology, but now they seem to have lost interest in it and are looking for much fresher sushi. Even though people don't pick sushi up from the conveyor belt, the belt is still moving around with menu cards on it.

My favorite place to eat sushi is a sushi restaurant near Numazu port in Zushi area. After all, fresh fish is available at the areas located near the sea, even though Japan is surrounded by sea.

Living with the bare minimum of things

I like to clean rooms. 

Even if the room is messy, it seems to be straightened up after vacuuming. 

Also, I make it a rule to throw things away. 

When I feel that I haven’t used things for a long time, I throw them away. I feel that there is no room to put new things when I keep many things which are not important and seem to be old. 

Before, I couldn’t throw things away. I kept many things which I never use, because I felt that the time would come someday to use them, but actually the time has never come. 

However, why is it that things increase even though I try not to keep things?　

The incoming of summer!

It seems to be the incoming of summer, although the rainy season has not finished yet. 

I went to the park on last Saturday. The weather was great so it felt very good, and the tree afforded us a cooling shade. I went out with some musical instruments and a small speaker. I practiced and enjoyed the music outside, but it might be that I made a lot of noise. Cute boys and girls were staring at me with curiosity as if they were watching a rare thing.

Tokyo Disney Sea – It’s a magical world.

I went to Tokyo Disney Sea for the first time in almost 10 years a few days ago. There are Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea in Japan, and this time I went to Disney Sea with my friend. I’m not a big fan of Disney characters, but I had a great time there. Here are some attractions which I enjoyed very much.

1.   Mystic Rhythms

The performance is very professional. I thought Disney Characters would be dancing and singing at the theater, but this was not so. Music, dancing and aerial ballet were all professional performances. I was impressed with the performance.

2.   Big Band Beat

The music and dancing are fantastic. It was such a splendid show that I forgot that I’d come to Disney Sea during the performance. Mickey hits the drum very well and also does a tap-dance very well. I was so impressed that I watched the show twice.

At Disney World, people are kind and it seems that all of us are friends. Some guys, who are high school students, were waiving to people who were riding on the boat. If it was the real world, they wouldn’t be doing that. I feel that Disney World is a magical world.
 

Season of the Hydrangea

The rainy season started from last week in Japan and we have had rainy days since then. I found a beautiful hydrangea near my house. The hydrangea blooms in June; it is a flower which blooms during rainy season. In Japan, there is a temple called “Ajisai” temple, and Ajisai means hydrangea in Japanese. If you have chance to go to the Kamakura area, you should go, but please be careful, as it might be a rainy day when you go, because it is rainy season.

During the rainy season, the temperature falls suddenly, but sometimes it feels very humid. Before this rainy season, there was extremely hot weather throughout Japan. It is said that this summer will be cool, but I wonder what will happen.

Some people don’t like the summer season, but I like it. I’m looking forward to it coming soon.