Entrance under Yokosuka Chuo station |
They are open from 0700 to 2300 everyday. Last order is at 2230.
I'm by no means a sushi connoisseur and the 100 Yen places meet my family's needs just fine. But there is a time and a place to step up and try some higher quality cuts. They have a good English menu from which you can order by number, or you can just take the plates off the conveyor belt. The prices vary and there are 10 different plates of varying colors. The cheapest is 100 Yen and most expensive 666 Yen. You can see the plate pricing guide on the wall in the photos below.
The shop sign is a great prop for reviewing some kanji.
魚 is sakana and means fish. Refer to the key food kanji.
屋 is "ya" and means house, shop, dealer, or seller. It should be familiar if you're paying attention to all the signs out in town. All together sakana-ya means fish market or fish dealer.
They've added "san" onto the name meaning Mr. or Mrs. etc.
Then we have 新鮮 "shinsen" which means fresh. The "shin" is the same as in Shinkansen, or Shin-Yokohama, or shinbun (newspaper) - it means new. "Sen" means fresh, vivid, or clear. Within "sen" 鮮 you should also recognize the fish kanji. The second part of it on the right side is "sheep."
回転寿司 lastly we have "kaiten sushi" - Kaiten sushi is the proper term for "sushi go-round." The purist and those trying to learn Japanese will use kaiten sushi. The kanji is interesting...
The 回 in 回転 means number of times, round or revolve and should be easy to remember. The "ten" 転 part might be a bit more difficult but perhaps you can see the "car" kanji in the first part of the kanji. It also means "rotate." So they individually and combined mean to revolve or rotate.
寿司 is simply "sushi." The kanji by themselves really don't have anything to do with fish or sushi, they are just used for their phonetics to get the word "sushi." The use of kanji in this way is called "ateji" in Japanese.
Kaiten sushi and all counter seating |
The front of the shop sells sushi plates, bentos, and onigiri |
Squid with green tea |
English menu. Note the instruction on the top to order by number - or try your hand at Japanese. |
The ones with the green label say it's one of the store's popular items.
Some of the sushi is made by this man, others are made in the back room. Note the large bowl of wasabi. |
A 520 Yen cut of tuna |
100 Yen plate on the left and 200 Yen on the right |
Everyone likes a blowtorch - making the "grilled spice salmon" #31 |
More blowtorch! |
#95
This is, in my opinion, the best sushi for the price in the Yokosuka area.
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