With insider tips you can get the freshest fish.
Tokyo Station is a busy transportation hub that is always packed with people, so if you’re looking for somewhere to eat inside, it can be difficult to find your way around. Having a few convenient restaurants is a great way to narrow down your choices, save time, and get your money’s worth, and as far as we’re concerned, a meal inside will get you Haneda Market.
Location Gransta Tokyo in the first basement of Tokyo Stationthis conveyor belt sushi restaurant is often crowded, but when a line forms outside, it usually moves quickly, so you can usually get a seat within 10-15 minutes. The company behind the restaurant chain has its own distribution channels, including air transportation, so it is able to Fish caught from all over the country are delivered quickly to the locations, ensuring that they arrive in an extremely fresh condition.
▼ The ordering tablet shows that the chain prioritizes freshness by using different means of transportation to deliver. “the freshest fish of the day“.
The setup is so unique that it surprises even the locals. For example, the “recommendations of the day” screen mentions something called “ほこビュン” (“hakobyun”), which our reporter Mr. Sato had never seen in any other sushi restaurant.
When asked by the staff, they told him that “Hakobyun” is a logistics system that uses the Shinkansen bullet train. Pleased to have learned something new about the world of sushi that many foodies are unaware of, Mr. Sato did some more research online and found that this restaurant is a franchise of Haneda Market and East Japan Railways Cross Station Foods Company. This increased his appreciation for the quality of the food, as distribution support from a railway-owned company ensures that the fish is delivered directly from the train to the kitchen.
▼ According to a sign outside the store, “Hakobyun” deliveries arrive on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
The sign also states that the fresh fish from the “Hakobyun” deliveries will be served the next day. Wednesdays and Fridays. To get the best quality seafood, it is best to visit us on these days.
Mr. Sato came by on a Tuesday, which he was actually happy about, as he really wanted to try the taste of the fish, which was not fresh from the train. He ordered the Greenling And non-farmed marbled flounderwhich both cost 750 yen (US$5.11) and were supplied by Hakobyun, as well as the Horse mackerel (550 yen) and Bigfin squid (450 yen).
Mr. Sato knows a lot about sushi and just by looking at the flounder and greenling and by the firmness of their flesh, he could tell they were fresh.
However, when he tried it, he couldn’t detect any real advantage in taste or freshness over the sushi he normally eats at other chains.
This made him even more curious to come by the day after the delivery. If the food was of the same quality five days after delivery, he thought it could be very impressive soon after it arrived at the restaurant.
▼ The other sushi was also very fresh and he could not resist Chutoroor medium fat tuna belly (750 yen) and Salmon Toroor fat salmon belly(650 yen) for his order.
They had a beautiful color and although both were excellent, the medium-fat tuna stood out because it was so melt-in-the-mouth delicious. Mr. Sato couldn’t believe that you could eat such good sushi in Tokyo Station and he said that eating this before a train ride would definitely make you look forward to the trip.
To finish his meal, Mr. Sato tried something from the menu called “Kitsune San“. “Kitsune” means “fox“ and is often associated with Inarizu (Rice in spiced fried tofu pockets), not only because foxes are said to like the taste of it, but because they are messengers of Inari, the god of rice cultivation.
▼ Unlike normal Inarizushi, the rice in “Kitsune-San” is wrapped in a layer of seasoned, fried tofu.
If you don’t have time to eat in, the restaurant offers take-out sushi sets, including an eight-piece Kitsune-san for 1,200 yen, so it’s a great place to grab a meal for your train ride. And if you don’t mind standing for sushi, this station-side restaurant is another great option to save!
Restaurant information
Haneda Market Gransta Tokyo Store / 羽田市場 グランスタ東京 Aliexpress
Address: Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku, Marunouchi 1-9-1, JR Tokyo Station B1F Gransta Tokyo
東京都千代田区丸の内1-9-1 JR東京駅 B1F グランスタ東京
Open: 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
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