Musashi Sushi - Kaiten Zushi in Kyoto (Part 1 of 2)

Photos of sushi dinner at Musashi Sushi in Kyoto, Japan.  Musashi photos will be posted in two posts.   The second post is here.

What a deal!  We ate here twice - the current price is 137 yen per plate.  Fresh sushi, fast service, lots to choose from.  They have an English menu too.   We originally saw this restaurant listed in the Kyoto - Lonely Planet book - the book is probably 10 years old and the sushi was 100 yen per plate back then.  The prices increased but it's still a great deal.  Some items come with only one piece of sushi on the plate, like the fatty tuna.

All photos in this post taken with: Sony SLT A35, Sony DT 50 mm f/1.8 Mid-Range Prime Lens

 Tuna Of Some Sort

There were a couple different tuna sushi available and the funny thing is the English menu  called them things like "Special Tuna" and "Choice Tuna".  

 David's Favorite -- Natto Hosomaki

Conveyor Belt

These sushi chefs don't mess around when adding sushi plates to the conveyor belt.  They stop plates from moving while the conveyor belt is moving to place 3-5 plates of sushi -- the stop plates start to back up.  We worried a bit the first time they did this as the plastic plates started to hit each other.  

 Hungry

We were hungry after our trip from Hikone, getting settled into B&B Keiko in Kyoto and walking a few LONG blocks to find this place.

Sushi

Window Display

If you want to try Musashi Sushi, it's at the corner of Sanjo-dori and Kawaramachi-dori close to the Gion and Teramachi shopping areas.  Look for this display in the window.  Most of the younger staff speak enough English and there are a lot of foreigners.  One night we were seated on the top floor where it seemed like all the foreigners were seated.

Musashi Sign

You can look for this sign too, but it's higher up on the building and the window display is right in your face.

 Kirin

I think this beer was about $3.50.  Shot this photo using the Hand-Held Twilight feature.

Tekka Maki

Another of David's favorite -- tuna hosomaki.  It used to be my favorite but a lot of places in the U.S. use fish that isn't so fresh but wow, these were good!