Nagashi Somen

  • Upstream people eat good food.
  • Only low-quality leftovers flow downstream.
  • Nothing flows further downstream.

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Kaitenzushi

  • Good food is eaten by those upstream, and what is left goes around.
  • What goes around again and again gradually loses its freshness.
  • In the feeling of taking what is there, you get something of lesser quality.
  • If you order explicitly, a new one will be delivered to you.

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