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We went to the local branch of the cheap “conveyor belt” sushi family restaurant chain known as Kappa Sushi last night. It seemed like the whole town had the same idea as it was packed. Naoko said it was on account of the heat (no one, including my mother-in-law, apparently wanted to spend anytime in the kitchen) and that it was the last day of summer vacation for some folks.

The Kappa Sushi chain of sushi restaurants is about as low on the totem pole of sushi restaurants as you can go, every plate is 100 yen, the staff are exclusively high school students whose high-pitched voices fill the loudspeakers, there are way too many kids running around, and the sushi is, well, fairly pedestrian. I suspect most folk would say the sushi is barely edible. If you tell other Japanese you went to Kappa Sushi, they usually respond down their noses with derision. But frankly the place suits me just fine. With four mouths to feed (Kaika for now just a spectator, as the above photo shows), the price is right, and honestly, for me the sushi is just fine. Their draught beer hits the spot dead on too.

(A few more photos, all taken with the cellphone, are here.)