Sushi wonderland

I know that many of you back home love sushi (except for my mum probably everyone). And we all know that we spend a fortune when we have sushi at Noohn, Sakura or any of the other sushi bars in town. Usually a sushi dinner would cost around 40 CHF.

Japan is really sushi wonderland, which is not surprising since it's orginating here. Super fresh and many more types of sushi than we have back home. But I'm actually surprised how cheap it is, considering that Japan is said to be really expensive (which I generally haven't found it to be so far). The cheapest way to have sushi is buy maki rolls from a convenience store like am/pm. A roll costs a little more than 100 Yen (~1 CHF) and is probably around 12 cm long, so quite big. You also get a selection of different sushi rolls on a plate for about 300-400 Yen (3-4 CHF).

Then there is the luxury take away version from Iwataya, Japan's equivalent of Globus. The most delicious sushi plates at a slightly steeper price, but still less than half the price of the Swiss take away sushi. See picture... The sushi is super fresh also, you can see the time when it's done on the label. Yummy!

And then there are sushi bars of course. I have found a really nice and cheap one, the "sushi train" kind of place. Delicious assortment of various types of sushi that usually cost 120-300 Yen per plate. For a lunch I would typically spend around 700-1000 Yen (7-10 CHF). Isn't that cool, to have super fresh delicious sushi for the price of a canteen lunch?

I'll be spoilt for Swiss sushi forever...