KURA SUSHI TO OPEN WORLD’S LARGEST SEATING CAPACITY REVOLVING RESTAURANT AT OSAKA EXPO

 

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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- Kura Sushi Inc, one of the world’s most popular revolving sushi chains, announced it will open a revolving sushi restaurant with 338 seats, the largest number of seats in the world for a company outlet, at the Osaka-Kansai Expo, Yumeshima, Osaka, on April 13, 2025.

In addition to having the world’s largest number of seats, the restaurant will also have the world’s longest conveyor belt, at about 135 metres long, and deliver sushi as well as other food right to the customer’s seat.

“At the Expo, our stores will be operated under the concept of ‘Revolving conveyor belt unites the world’. Under this concept, the customers will be able to enjoy representative dishes from each of the countries participating in the Expo, along with popular sushi and side dishes from our restaurants,” said its Director and General Manager of the Public Relations, Advertising and Investor Relations Division, Hiroyuki Okamoto.

The exterior walls of the restaurant will be constructed with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in mind, using plaster made from about 336,000 discarded ark clam shells.

Moreover, the walls are designed to be instantly recognisable as Kura Sushi, with a picture of tuna sushi in an “antibacterial sushi cover”, one of the company’s unique features.

The interior is designed in a modern Japanese style with a white wood base, and the design of the Kura Sushi plates on the ceiling and the model of the antibacterial sushi cover in the waiting area are eye-catching to customers.

The restaurant will also be equipped with a state-of-the-art, proprietary Kura Sushi system, which is standard at all of its restaurants in Japan, including “Smart Kura” 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.

Also, a new artificial intelligence camera system that constantly monitors the lanes to prevent unwanted behaviour; and a “water collection system” automatically carries finished plates back to the kitchen on a stream of water will be furnished in the restaurant.

-- BERNAMA