Sushi book author, reviewer and guide Yukari Sakamoto shares her picks of the five best sushi restaurants in the Japanese capital. At first glance, Japan's most iconic food is a simple combination of seafood and bite-sized portions of rice. But like the ...

This video explores conveyor belt sushi dining in Tokyo across different price levels. It features a premium sushi restaurant with meals around $19 and a fully automated chain offering plates under $1.

Ask four Tokyo residents to name the best sushi restaurants in the city, and you’re likely to get four different answers – the old “how long is a piece of string?” quandary. That’s because the sushi experience is a very personal one that can ...

There are over 4,000 sushi restaurants in Tokyo. That's a lot of raw fish. And you don't want to waste your precious stomach space (and yen) on a subpar experience eating mediocre sushi. The restaurants below offer an extraordinary eating experience ...

The main difference between high-end and mid-range priced sushi shops is the skill level of the chef, which is typically a matter of where they apprenticed. Think of apprenticing like attending school, and like schools, there are varying degrees of ...

Apparently eating sushi three times a week doesn’t make you an expert. According to Tokyo sushi chef Naomichi Yasuda, we’ve been doing it all horribly wrong. In a new video by Vice’s Munchies, the chef explains the right and wrong way to eat sushi.

A massive 243-kilogram (535-pound) bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction on Monday was Kiyomura Corp.