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The World Records of Sushi

Official & unofficial world's sushi records of Guinness-class

         
 G    Guinness official record    U    Unofficial  

Category Longest1 Longest2 Oldest Number Highest Expensive Largest Least Misc.


The Longest Sushi Roll

Date Record Description Place Link
2011.12.12 2,521.75 m
(8,273 ft)
G Kappa maki (Cucumber roll)
at a Japanese restaurant in Yekaterinburg (Ural), Russia, with 500 pounds of cucumber, 1.5 tons of rice, and 23 kilos of sesame, and 15 hours with 60 people to roll the maki.
Yekaterinburg (Ural), Russia French
2007.04.22 2,033 m
(6,670 ft)
Kappa maki (Cucumber roll)
at Maebashi, Japan.
Maebashi, Japan
2006.10.22 305 m
(1,001 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
with big eye tuna 240 kg, sushi rice 490 kg, nori 2,020 sheets, 1,300 people
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan. Japanese Japanese
2006.04.29 303 m
(994 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
with tuna 70 kg, sushi rice 300 kg, nori sheet 76 m x 4 rolls, rolling mat 1,270 pcs, 775 people
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan. Japanese
2006.04.23 500 m
(1,640 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll) (hoso-maki — thin roll)
with tuna 70 kg, sushi rice 270 kg, nori sheet 100 m x 5 rolls, 1,000 people
Misaki Fish Market, Miura City, Kanagawa, Japan. Japanese
2005.10.25 301 m
(994 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
with big eye tuna 240 kg, sushi rice 400 kg, nori 2,000 sheets, 1,300 people
Kesen'numa City, Miyagi, Japan. Japanese Japanese
2004.04.25 280 m
(919 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
720 people
Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan. (Shimizu City marged with Shizuoka City in 2003.04.01)
2003.10.26 277 m
(909 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll) Kesen'numa City, Miyagi, Japan  
2003.03.29 274 m
(899 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
with tuna 100 kg, sushi rice 300 kg, 700 people
Shimizu City, Shizuoka, Japan Japanese
2002.10.20 1,825 m
(5,988 ft)
G Nori maki (Pickled radish roll)
dry laver (seaweed) 10,000 sheets, dry grain rice 1,000 kg, yellow daikon pickled radish 750 sticks, shiitake mushroom 22 kg, 2,400 people. Approved by Guinness in 2005.10.
Yoshinogari Park, Saga, Japan Japanese
2002.04.28 270 m
(886 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
rice 200 kg, tuna 60 kg, dried seaweed 1,386 sheets, 600 people
Shiogama City, Miyagi, Japan Japanese
2001.10.08 1,335.25 m
(4,381 ft)
U Nori maki (Cucumber roll)
dry grain rice 550 kg (equals to ca. 1,200 kg of cooked sushi rice), cucumber 1,500 pcs, kanpyo 168 kg, 2,600 people, 1.5 hrs.
Ichinoseki City, Iwate, Japan Japanese
2001.07.01 1,222 m
(4,009 ft)
U Nori maki (Cucumber roll)
sushi rice 1,400 kg, 6,570 single-roll sticks of 19 cm long were joined, 6 hrs.
Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan Japanese Japanese
2001.02.14 91.4 m
(300 ft)
U California roll
at Hula Bowl, sushi rice 200+ lb.(90+ kg), long piece of nori (seaweed) 100 yd., crabmeat 150 lb., mayonnaise 5 gallons, cucumber 60 lb., avocado 60 lb. and wasabi 4 lb.
Maui, Hawaii, USA
2000.09 1,111 m
(3,645 ft)
G Kappa maki (Cucumber roll)
at Toyota Sports Center, with each 200 kgs of omelet, kanpyo and cucumber, and sushi rice 1,600 kg, 3,000 people
Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
1999.05.02 241.5 m
(792 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll)
tuna 150 kg, sushi rice 270 kg, 600 people, 40 min.
Shimizu City, Shizuoka, Japan Japanese
1998.10.25 236 m
(774 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll) Kesen'numa City, Miyagi, Japan  
1998.05.13 199.8 m
(656 ft)
U Udo maki (Udo roll) Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan
1997.10.12 1,000 m
(3,281 ft)
G Kappa maki (Cucumber roll)
at Niko-Poka (smiley-warmly) Festa, 600 people, (Guinness registered in 1999.02)
Yoshii Town, Nagasaki, Japan  
1996.10.27 225 m
(738 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll) Kesen'numa City, Miyagi, Japan  
1996 180 m
(591 ft)
U Tekka maki (Tuna roll) Shimizu City, Shizuoka, Japan  


The Longest Rolling Sushi Conveyor Belt (Kaiten-zushi)

Date Record Description Place Link
  129 m U in Asia
Sakae Sushi
Singapore English English English
  60 m U in Europe
Yo! Sushi
London, UK English


The Oldest Sushi Shop

Date Record Description Place Link
2003 1958.03 U Mawaru Genroku-zushi (The first rolling-sushi (Kaiten-zushi) shop, with patented (JP Utility Model) conveyor belt.) Higashi-osaka City, Osaka, Japan Japanese
2003 1848 U Ginza Sushi-Ei (The oldest edomae-style sushi shop existing.) Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
2003 1829 U Motofuku-zushi (1954 -) (The successor of Fukumoto-zushi (1829-1944), an oldest Osaka-style sushi shop) Osaka, Japan Japanese Japanese
2003 1653 U Sushiman (The oldest sushi shop existing.) Osaka, Japan Japanese Japanese
2003 1553 U Tsurube-zushi Yasuke (Supplying an oldest style of sushi. The shop discontinued but its sushi and name are revived.) Yoshino-Shimoichi City, Wakayama, Japan Japanese


The Number of Sushi Shops

Date Record Description Place Link
2003.09 1 U per area (Tsukiji)
within the Tsukiji Central Market (9 shops, [Map1), the adjacent Jyougai-Market area (ca. 10, [Map Japanese]) and surrounding area (ca. 10)
Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan  
2001- 1 U per person
130 shops for 150,000 city residents (0.87 shops/1000persons)
Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan Japanese
1997- 1 U per km2 (2.25 shops/km2)
40 shops for 63,480 city residents (0.63 s/1000p - 3,578 p/km2)
Shiogama City, Miyagi, Japan  


The Highest Sushi Shop

Date Record Description Place Link
2003- 1 U Quality
Kyuubei, no one can deny their highest quality.
Ginza, Tokyo, Japan  
2003-
(1995)
1 U Skill
Jiro, approved as one of the best tables of the world in 1995 by the International Herald Tribune magazine.
Ginza, Tokyo, Japan  
- 2000 1 U Price
Kiyota, well famous for the highest prices ever, closed in 2000.
Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Book Japanese


The Most Expensive Fish

Date Record Description Place Link
2013.01.05 1 Yen 155,400,000
(US$ 1,762,700)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna), fished at Ōma, Aomor
222 kg (489 lb.), Yen 700,000/kg (TTM 88.16 JPY/USD)
Bidded-down by 喜代村(Wikipedia) a Japanese sushi-chain "Sushi-zanmai."
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
2012.01.05 2 Yen 56,490,000
(US$ 735,643)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna), fished at Ōma, Aomor
269 kg (593 lb.), Yen 210,000/kg (TTM 76.79 JPY/USD)
Bidded-down by 喜代村(Wikipedia) a Japanese sushi-chain Sushi-zanmai.
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
2011.01.05 3 Yen 32,490,000
(US$ 396,075)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna), fished at Toi, Hokkaido
342 kg (754 lb.), Yen 95,000/kg (TTM 82.03 JPY/USD)
Bidded-down by an alliance of Hong Kong based sushi chain by 鄭威濤(Ricky Cheng) and 'Ginza Kyūbei,' following to the last successive years.
Those of sushi (toro) are served at Yen2,500/piece (though the cost would be 4 times higher.)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
2010.01.05 Yen 16,280,000
(US$ 177,188)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna), fished at Ōma, Aomori
232.5 kg (513 lb.), Yen 70,000/kg (TTM 91.88 JPY/USD)
Bidded-down by an alliance of Hong Kong based sushi shop 'Sushi King' and 'Ginza Kyūbei,' following to the last year.
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
2009.01.05 Yen 9,630,000
(US$ 104,379)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna), fished at Ōma, Aomori
128.4 kg (283 lb.), Yen 75,000/kg (TTM 92.26 JPY/USD)
Bidded-down co-operatively by an alliance of Hong Kong based sushi shop 'Sushi King' and 'Ginza Kyūbei,' at the price of second highest per kilogram since 2001.
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
2008.01.05 Yen 6,072,000
(US$ 56,025)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
276 kg (608 lb.), Yen 22,000/kg (TTM 108.38 JPY/USD)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan
2005.12.29 Yen 11,115,000
(US$ 94,307)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
285 kg (628 lb.), Yen 39,000/kg (TTM 117.86 JPY/USD)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan
2005.12.28 Yen 9,750,000
(US$ 82,894)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
325 kg (716 lb.), Yen 30,000/kg (TTM 117.62 JPY/USD)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan
2005.01.05 Yen 5,850,000
(US$ 56,104)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
234 kg (516 lb.), Yen 25,000/kg (TTM 104.27 JPY/USD)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan
2003.01.05 Yen 6,384,000
(US$ 53,620)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
228 kg (503 lb.), Yen 28,000/kg (TTM 119.06 JPY/USD)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan
2001.01.05 4 Yen 20,200,000
(US$ 173,853)
U Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
202 kg (445 lb.), Yen 100,000/kg (TTM 116.19 JPY/USD) purchased by "Irifune" sushi bar.
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan Japanese Japanese
1996.01.05 Yen 9,040,000
(US$ 85,989)
Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
238kg (525 lb.), Yen 38,000/kg (TTM 105.13 JPY/USD)
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan  
1992.01 Yen 10,362,000
(US$ 83,500)
G Hon-maguro (Bluefin tuna)
324kg (714 lb.), Yen 32,000/kg
2,400 servings at $75/serving, $180,000 total sales (TTM 124.1 JPY/USD) at a sushi bar "Irifune" Japanese at Okusawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.
Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan  


The Largest Sushi Book

Date Record Description Place Link
1988.10.20 34 x 24 cm
(13.4 x 9.5 in.)
U Best of Sushi
with all full-size color photos
Tokyo, Japan Book Japanese


The Least/Most Nutritive Fruit (also for Sushi Ingredient)

Date Record Description Place Link
1998.09.25 16 kcal/100g (73 kcal/lb.) G Cucumber N/A
187 kcal/100g (848 kcal/lb.) G Avocado N/A


Miscellaneous

Date Record Description Place Link
2000 Biggest consumer of tunas U Japan
consumes 630,000 tons (33%) out of the world's fishery/supply of 1,900,000 tons
Statistics: World Tuna Supply 1950-2000
Japan Data English



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