{"id":1713,"date":"2026-10-17T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:27:16","slug":"sushi-bus-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/th\/sushi-bus-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushi Bus Tokyo 2026: Price, Route, Booking and Is It Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0e40\u0e14\u0e2d\u0e30 Sushi Bus Tokyo<\/strong> is a red open-top double-decker with a real conveyor belt on the upper deck: \u00a516,000 gets you about 70 minutes of all-you-can-eat sushi while you loop past Tokyo Tower, Ginza and the Imperial Palace. It started running on 10 October 2026 from Kajibashi Parking Lot, a few minutes’ walk from Tokyo Station, and you book it on the official SUSHI BUS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is brand new, it has only 20 seats, and locals got there first: about 70% of bookings in the first five days came from Japanese customers, Travel Voice reports<\/a>. Below: the exact times, what \u00a516,000 actually buys, rain rules, which seat to pick, and how it stacks up against cheaper open-top buses and a normal kaiten-zushi lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u00a516,000<\/p>

Per person, sushi + 1 drink<\/p><\/div>

70 min<\/p>

Open-top loop from Tokyo Station<\/p><\/div>

5 a day<\/p>

11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00<\/p><\/div>

20 seats<\/p>

Book online, no cancellations<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Quick answer: Sushi Bus Tokyo at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What<\/strong><\/th>Details (last checked 17 Oct 2026)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Price<\/td>\u00a516,000 per person, tax included. Same price for everyone aged 2 and over; under-2s ride free on a lap.<\/td><\/tr>
Premium front seats<\/td>2 seats at the very front of the upper deck. \u00a520,000 per person on the official booking page (guaranteed front row).<\/td><\/tr>
Duration<\/td>About 70 minutes, loop tour (no stops, you get off where you got on)<\/td><\/tr>
Departures<\/td>Daily at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00 and 19:00. Occasional days off for inspections.<\/td><\/tr>
Departure point<\/td>Kajibashi Parking Lot (\u935b\u51b6\u6a4b\u99d0\u8eca\u5834), 3-8 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, just south of Tokyo Station, about 5 min walk<\/td><\/tr>
Included<\/td>Unlimited sushi + one drink (alcohol included in the choice), plus an onboard staff guide.<\/td><\/tr>
Seats<\/td>20, all on the open-top upper deck; booths for 2\u20134 plus the two premium singles<\/td><\/tr>
Rain<\/td>Runs in rain. A transparent roof closes over the deck.<\/td><\/tr>
Booking<\/td>Online only, via sushi-bus.com<\/a> (tickets sold on Japanticket). No cancellations or changes once booked.<\/td><\/tr>
Operator<\/td>SUSHI BUS Co., Ltd. (\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793eSUSHI BUS), with bus partner WILLER ACROSS<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is the Sushi Bus in Tokyo?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is a kaiten-zushi (conveyor-belt sushi) restaurant bolted onto a sightseeing bus. The lower deck is a compact kitchen. Staff plate the sushi there, send it up in a small onboard lift, and put it on a lane that runs past every table on the upper deck. You grab what you like as it rolls by, while the city rolls by too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company calls it the world’s first sushi conveyor on a bus. We can’t independently verify a “world first”, but we couldn’t find an earlier one either. The bus itself is about 12 m long and 4 m high, wrapped as a giant piece of tuna nigiri, so you will not miss it in the car park. The operator says it spent around two and a half years developing it, and partnered with WILLER ACROSS (bus lease and conversion) and conveyor maker Kitanihon Kako to stop plates flying off under braking, according to the operator’s press release on PR TIMES<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much is the Sushi Bus Tokyo? Price and what’s included<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A kaiten-zushi counter in Tokyo. Photo: Edward Faulkner \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a516,000 per person<\/strong>, tax included. The operator says it pitched the price at around US$100 for overseas visitors. There is no child discount: SoraNews24 and MATCHA both report the flat fare applies to everyone aged 2 and up. Under-2s can ride free on a parent’s lap; if you want a separate seat for them, buy a ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you get for that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n