Key Takeaways
- Kura Sushi will open a revolving sushi restaurant in April 2025 at Japan’s Osaka-Kansai Expo that will have “the world’s longest conveyor belt.”
- At about 135 meters (442 feet) long, the conveyor belt will deliver sushi to customers’ seats.
- The restaurant will have 338 seats, the most in the world for a company outlet, it said.
If you want to eat sushi delivered on a conveyor belt longer than a football field, you soon can—if you hop on an airplane.
Kura Sushi—whose subsidiary Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) trades on the Nasdaq—announced Thursday that it will open a revolving sushi restaurant in April 2025 at Japan’s Osaka-Kansai Expo that will have “the world’s longest conveyor belt.”
At about 135 meters (442 feet) long, the conveyor belt will deliver sushi to customers’ seats. The restaurant will have 338 seats, the most in the world for a company outlet, it said.
Conveyor Belt ‘Has No Beginning and No End’
“Despite the many challenges that exist in today’s world, we hope that visitors from all over the world will smile as they enjoy not only sushi but also dishes from around the world from our revolving conveyor belt, which has no beginning and no end,” Kura Sushi director Hiroyuki Okamoto said.
As is standard at all Kura Sushi restaurants in Japan, this one will be equipped with a proprietary system that “eliminates the need for customers to be in contact with an employee from the time they enter to the time they leave the restaurant.”
As of last week, Kura Sushi operates about 550 restaurants in Japan, 65 in the U.S., 57 in Taiwan, and 3 in Shanghai, it said.