Sushi Waka is a conveyor belt operation, but don’t get the idea that it is the normal, tired-looking sushi traveling around and around endlessly on a belt. This place has the freshest sushi you can hope to obtain anywhere, as it is situated in the port city of Yonago in southern Japan. Actually, since my wife’s brother Eiji Kagawa and his wife Kumi are friendly with the owners, all orders were hand-delivered, and everything we sampled was excellent.

Below: a really fresh scallop

Maguro tuna

Pickled ginger

Sea Urchin roe (Uni)

Scallops

Selecting your order on a touch screen by computer

Sake

Three cousins eating ice cream: Reina, Hoshino and Akiko