Editing Sushi (section)

=== Conveyor belt sushi ===
[[File:US Navy 090813-N-0413R-250 Sailors and their families enjoy sushi while visiting the historic city of Kamakura, Japan during orientation.jpg|thumb|[[Conveyor belt sushi]] restaurant in [[Kamakura]]]]

In 1958, Yoshiaki Shiraishi opened the first {{nihongo|[[conveyor belt sushi]] restaurant|回転寿司|kaiten-zushi}} named "[[Genroku culture|Genroku]] Zushi" in [[Higashi-Osaka]]. In conveyor belt sushi restaurants, conveyor belts installed along tables and counters in the restaurant transport plates of sushi to customers. Generally, the bill is based on the number of plates, with different colored plates representing the price of the sushi.<ref name="magnier">{{cite news|last1=Magnier|first1=Mark|title=Yoshiaki Shiraishi; Founded Conveyor Belt Sushi Industry|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-02-me-41354-story.html|access-date=4 February 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2001-09-02}}</ref><ref name="walker14224">{{cite web|url=https://sushiwalker.com/feature/82425/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214201209/https://sushiwalker.com/feature/82425/|script-title=ja:回転寿司の歴史は半世紀超！回転寿司チェーン、それぞれの特徴は？|language=ja|publisher=Sushi walker|date=February 26, 2023|archive-date=14 February 2024|access-date=14 February 2024 |work=寿司ウォーカー }}</ref><ref name="genroku11223">{{cite web|url=http://www.mawaru-genrokuzusi.co.jp/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201030735/http://www.mawaru-genrokuzusi.co.jp/history/|script-title=ja:回転寿司の歴史|language=ja|publisher=Genroku Zushi|archive-date=1 December 2023|access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref>

When Genroku Sushi opened a restaurant at the [[Expo '70|Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970]], it won an award at the expo, and conveyor belt sushi restaurants became known throughout Japan. In 1973, an automatic tea dispenser was developed, which is now used in conveyor belt sushi restaurants today. When the patent for conveyor belt sushi restaurants expired, a chain of conveyor belt sushi restaurants was established, spreading conveyor belt sushi throughout Japan and further popularizing and lowering the price of sushi. By 2021, the conveyor belt sushi market had grown to 700 billion yen and spread outside Japan.<ref name="magnier"/><ref name="walker14224"/><ref name="genroku11223"/>