📍Ginza Nemuro Hanamaru Sushi
🔅Actual dining date: 2024/10/18
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On this trip to Japan, I did a lot of research on sashimi and really wanted to try some conveyor belt sushi. I heard this place has good quality and reasonable prices. Knowing there would be a long wait later, I specifically chose to visit shortly after they opened, arriving around 11:20 and waited almost 40-50 minutes to be seated.

That day, I ordered: salmon/salmon belly 👍/flounder/red snapper/sweet shrimp 👍/double scallop 👍/botan shrimp/crab salad gunkan/chawanmushi/matsuba crab/draft beer. Besides the recommended items, the others were pretty standard.

The pricing is based on the color of the plates, with prices of ¥165/268/396/528, and there is also a special menu where you can order by drawing, which I found surprisingly traditional. The menu is very dense, so you have to read carefully, and the chefs are in the center. The conveyor belt has two layers, with food on the upper layer and cups available for self-service on the lower layer. If they sold cups, I would buy one (the design is really cute and nice!!).

Overall, I felt that it was not too impressive. I had a very filling breakfast that day, so I didn't eat a lot (?). But overall, the quality was standard, and the atmosphere was quite nice. Not having to wait in line was good, but if I had to wait a long time, I think there are more comparable options.

Reviewer with braces: The restroom is quite far, you have to walk to the other side.

This revolving sushi restaurant opens at 11:00. To get the first batch, you need to line up for the elevator. We arrived at 11:20 to take a number and waited about 50 minutes to get in. If you miss the first batch, you usually have to wait 1-2 hours, and even Japanese people come to eat here.

There are four pricing options: 165, 286, 396, and 528 yen. You order by filling out a form with the item numbers and the number of plates. If you don’t want wasabi, you mark it with an X, and then hand it to the staff. You can get tea at your seat, and the cups and soy sauce dishes also rotate past you; the cups are quite cute.

We ordered double-layer scallops, salmon, sweet shrimp, flatfish, horse mackerel, flatfish fin meat, Matsuba crab (single piece), botan shrimp (single piece), crab salad gunkan, chawanmushi, and draft beer. I personally recommend the double-layer scallops and sweet shrimp for their fresh and sweet taste.

The total for two people was 5647 yen. The food overall was good, but if I had to wait more than two hours, I probably wouldn't come back—not because it’s bad, but it’s just not worth such a long wait.