Recommended kaiten sushi restaurants in Tokyo?

Question

Are there any interesting kaiten sushi restaurants in Tokyo? Maybe something with an interesting theme or better than the usual kaiten sushi quality? I know kaiten sushi isn't the best but I like it for a quick and relatively inexpensive meal.

Answer 1

There is a normal kaiten sushi place in a very funky neighborhood. The place is called shimokitazawa 下北沢. It is off the Odakyu Line, 5 minutes from Shinjuku. I go there often. It is only one stop away from my station and the area is just cool and funky. Bars, second hand clothing, coffee, small tiny streets that just make everything fun.

As for your quest to find a unique kaiten sushi place, maybe you might like Tsukiji fish market. You can see the fish being sold and then go to the restaurants nearby and have fresh sushi right off the boats (sorta).

Answer 2

There's a place right by Kyobashi Station on the Hibiya Line called Uogashi Nihonichi.
http://www.uogashi.jp/

This place is really cool because it's Tachi-gui (eat standing up).
They don't have any chairs but just a counter.
You order by saying what you want to eat by 2 items.
So if you wanted regular tuna and the fatty tuna, you'd shout out, 'Toro, Akami" and the chef will make your nigiri and place total 4 sushi's in front of you (2 of each).
The good this about this place is the fish is fresh, sushi is made to order and cheap. When I was 18, 19 I'd go and eat until I was full only to pay 1800Yen for the whole dinner.
Which is you gotta admit a great deal when you're eating good sushi in Tokyo.

Something different to try out with the locals if you feel like it.
It gets pretty crowded after 6:00PM with business men in suits drinking a beer and eating sushi standing up.

Answer 3

Try any sushi place near the Tsukiji fish market for the best sushi bang for the buck. The thing to do is take in the market in the early morning 0500- and then stuff your face. Go to Tsukiji subway station on the Hibiya line and you will find sushi up the ying-yang.