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Next-generation Restaurant Model “Kura Sushi Osaka Kansai Expo Store” Completed To Open in “Future Life Zone” on April 13 (Sun.)!
Next-generation Restaurant Model “Kura Sushi Osaka Kansai Expo Store” Completed To Open in “Future Life Zone” on April 13
About this update from Kura Sushi, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nKura Sushi Inc. (Headquarters: Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture), one of the world’s most popular conveyor-belt sushi chains, announced that it will open its largest-ever Kura Sushi restaurant with a strong focus on sustainability at the Future Life Zone of the Osaka-Kansai Expo on Sunday, April 13, 2025.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250325146381/en/Appearance: Sustainable store that uses “plaster with no artificial materials” for exterior wall material that reuses “seashells” that would otherwise be discarded.\nThe Kura Sushi Osaka Kansai Expo Store is the largest such store ever built, with 338 seats, the most in the history of Kura Sushi, and the longest revolving belt at about 135 meters. The exterior design is simple, with namako walls reminiscent of the company’s symbolic storehouse and a large image of tuna nigiri in the “Antibacterial Sushi Cover Mr. Freshness” that protects the sushi from airborne dust and viruses. The interior has a luxurious, modern Japanese design with wood-grained tables and backs and tatami-style seating surfaces, and a bold graphic depiction of a giant plate on the ceiling.\n\nThe exterior walls are made of “plaster without artificial substances,” which is made by reusing 336,000 shells that would otherwise be discarded and using glue and other ingredients made from seaweed. For the pictograms at the cash register counters and restrooms, a total of about 100 kg of discarded plastic bottle caps and milky-white polyethylene tanks were used, reducing CO2 emissions to about one-third of what would be produced by incineration. In addition, a part of the seat numbers and the logo sign in the wind shelter are made of about 15 kg in total of recycled fishing equipment such as ropes, buoys, and baskets. The benches in the waiting area are made of cedar trees thinned in Japan. The “Bikkura Pon®” capsules and other items that visitors can take home with them are also recycled and take-out containers are made of environmentally friendly materials, with the aim of contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\n\nIn addition, the restaurant is equipped with a system that enhances customer convenience and comfort, with a system that improves hygiene and quality control by utilizing AI and ICT technologie...