Wow this was on my list of places to go and apparently it was on a whole lot of other peoples lists too! Decided to check this place out for an early dinner so we got her before 5 and there was already a long...line waiting.
Before you sit down to wait, you must go to the little computer reception thingie do you put in your info. How many people in your party. Where you would like to sit. How would you like to be called (phone or just wait in line?). We opted to wait in line because I was not gonna miss out on bad phone service and not getting that phone call. Plus would they really call a Hawai'i number!??! The machine spits out a ticket with your number. You then go and have a seat in the line of stools (or you can stand and pace like other people who are fidgety....like me) and wait for someone to call your number. It's good tho because the ticket thing has English so you are able to put in your information correctly. Plus when they call your number, they come out with a number board that shows you the number so you don't have to figure out what your number is in Japanese.
The atmosphere here is great! The guys making the sushi in the middle are super energetic and it's just so loud and fun! It took about 20 minutes for our number to be called. You sit down, wipe your hands with the wet towel, make yourself some green tea and get to checking out the sushi on the conveyor belt! Now this is the part where you either need to know your sushi or need to know your Japanese. Some sushi's have little signs that say what the sushi is but some don't. I love ahi (maguro) and luckily I could read that in Japanese so I knew what to grab. Plus it's pretty easy to spock out that nice cut of tuna over rice.
I choose maguro sushi (seared and raw versions), sweet potato which was glazed with a sweet sauce, and tsukemono (pickled cabbage and cucumbers). Everything was sooooooo good. The ahi was melt in your mouth fresh, the sweet potato was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and the tsukemono was delicious.
You definitely need to stop by here if you're around the sapporo station. It took a while to find because the shopping area is ginormous but I'm so glad we found it. It's in the sapporo stellar place on I believe the 6th floor. It's at one end of the food levels with a ton of stools in front. Plus if you see a bunch of people waiting, you're probably in the right place. Check it out!!More