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Myakumyaku also appeared at the press conference
Kura Sushi's largest store ever to open at the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo!
(JAPAN, 9/16/2024)
Enjoy food from all over the world on a rotating belt that's fun to look at and eat!
A sustainable store that uses discarded "seashells" for the exterior walls,"Sushitanable" (sushi + sustainable) & packed with technology topromote conveyor belt sushi to the world as a "next-generation restaurant model"!
Based on the concept of "The conveyor belt unites the world," the conveyor belt will provide food from all over the world that can be enjoyed by "looking" and "eating."
Kura Sushi Co., Ltd. (CEO: Kunihiko Tanaka, headquarters: Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture), which operates the conveyor-belt sushi chain Kura Sushi, will open its largest ever store with a strong focus on sustainability in the Future Life Zone at the Osaka-Kansai Expo, allowing visitors to experience new food-related technologies and cultures first-hand.
Nowadays, the world is filled with various social issues that are difficult to solve. In this environment, they are the only major conveyor belt sushi chain that serves sushi on a conveyor belt at all of Kura Sushi stores. With the concept of "The conveyor belt unites the world," they hope to provide a place where people from all over the world who visit the Expo can smile and have a fun dining experience through conveyor belt sushi that is connected by a conveyor belt that has no beginning or end.
Hiroyuki Okamoto, the company's director and head of the public relations and investor relations department, appeared at the press conference.
This new store will feature 338 seats—the largest seating capacity in Kura Sushi's history—and will boast the company's longest conveyor belt, stretching approximately 135 meters. The interior showcases a Japanese modern aesthetic, with natural wood tables and pillars, traditional tatami seats, and a bold ceiling graphic depicting a conveyor belt and sushi plates. The store will also be equipped with advanced hygiene and quality control systems utilizing AI and ICT technologies that Kura Sushi has refined over the years. In addition, cutting-edge innovations are incorporated to enhance customer convenience and comfort, making this a next-generation sushi dining experience while staying true to the iconic conveyor belt concept.
The exterior design complements the interior with simplicity and character, featuring a large illustration of tuna nigiri, a symbol of sushi, encased in "Sendo-kun"—an antibacterial sushi cover designed to protect against dust and airborne viruses. This is set against a sea cucumber-textured wall, a design element reminiscent of Kura Sushi's traditional storehouses. Notably, the exterior wall is constructed from around 336,000 recycled ark shells, originally set for disposal, and finished with "artificial-free plaster" using seaweed-based glue, marking Kura Sushi’s first sustainable store.
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Exterior perspective image
In line with its global vision, the store will offer a diverse menu, featuring iconic dishes from various cuisines around the world. Additionally, through partnerships with fishermen and a commitment to sustainable practices, the store will introduce dishes utilizing underused fish species, contributing to marine resource conservation. Kura Sushi aims to drive innovation by bringing people and food together from across the globe.
Conveyor belt sushi gained widespread attention at the 1970 Osaka Expo, and over 50 years later, Kura Sushi remains at the forefront of this culinary evolution. By promoting its cutting-edge, technology-driven stores as the "next-generation restaurant model," the company aspires to globalize the conveyor belt sushi concept, an iconic business model that originated in Japan.
■ A sustainable store that uses "artificial-free plaster" made from recycled "seashells" that would have been discarded for the exterior wall material.
* The perspective image is for illustrative purposes only and is subject to change.
The exterior design is based on the image of a storehouse, which symbolizes Kura Sushi, and features a simple design depicting tuna sushi wrapped in an antibacterial sushi cover called "Sendo-kun," which protects the sushi from dust and viruses in the air, so that people all over the world can immediately tell that it is a sushi restaurant. The exterior wall material is made of "artificial-free plaster" made from approximately 336,000 ark shells that were scheduled to be discarded and glue made from seaweed. There are problems with disposing of shells, such as dumping them in the sea or leaving them piled up in vacant lots, which can lead to environmental pollution. We hope that by using "shell ash plaster" made from recycled shells at Kura Sushi store, this can help contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are the goal of the Osaka-Kansai Expo.
■ With the largest number of seats and the longest conveyor belt in the history of Kura Sushi, offer a fun dining experience with rotating sushi that is unique to conveyor belt sushi.
Interior perspective image *The perspective image is for illustrative purposes only and is subject to change.
The store has a floor space of 799.55㎡, 338 seats (54 boxes for 6 people, 14 counter seats), the largest number of seats in Kura Sushi stores, and the conveyor belt for sushi is the longest at about 135m, making it the largest store in Kura Sushi history. The interior of the store has a modern Japanese design, with plain wood for the tables and pillars and tatami mats for the seats, and the ceiling is boldly decorated with graphics of a giant conveyor belt and plates.
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1-2-1 Fukasaka, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi,
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Osaka
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(599-8253)
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Japan
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