



First lets look at the writing in black, this is the name of the shop and is also written in romaji at the bottom "nigiri CHOJIRO".





Nigiri is sushi made of rice with a topping (fish, egg etc) on top. This is the first image Japanese people have of sushi, as opposed to the rolled sushi with seaweed around it (which is called maki zushi). Sushi shops sell both types, but nigiri sushi is slightly more popular than maki zushi.





長次郎 (ちょう・じ・ろう） is just the name, and it is made up of;





長 (long)、次 (next), 郎 (son)





次郎 by itself is a very common traditional name, meaning second son.

First son is 一郎 （いち・ろう） (Ichiro)

Third son is 三郎 （さぶ・ろう）(Saburo)









Now lets look at the white writing on red.





There are three words on three lines, the first line at the top says;





活魚





Reading; かつ・ぎょ (katsugyo)

Meaning; live fish





活 lively, living, かつ、い（きる）、い（かす）、い（ける）（Katsu, ikiru, ikasu, ikeru)





grade: 2

frequency: 171

JLPT level: 3

活動 action, activity かつ・どう (katsudo)

生活 living せい・かつ (seikatsu)





魚 fish ギョ、うお、さかな、－ざかな (gyo, uo, sakana, -zakana)





廻転 （also written 回転）

寿司









grade: 2frequency: 1208JLPT level: 5金魚 goldfish きん・ぎょ (kingyo)焼き魚 grilled fish やき・ざかな (yaki zakana)The second line says;reading: かい・てん (kaiten)meaning: rotation, revolution, turning廻 round, game, revolve カイ、エ、まわ（る）、まわ（す）、もとお（る）、めぐ（る）(kai, e, mawaru, matosu, meguru)廻る to turn, revolve まわる (mawaru)廻り道 detour, diversion まわりみち (mawarimichi)転 revolve, turn around, change テン、ころ（がる）、ころ（ぶ）(ten, korogaru, korobu)自転車 bicycle じ・てん・しゃ (jitensha)転勤 job transfer てん・きん (tenkin)Finally the last line says...reading: す・し (sushi)meaning: sushi寿 longevity, congratulations, ones natural life ジュ、 ス、シュウ、ことぶ（き）、(ju, su, shuu, kotobuki)grade: 7-9frequency: 1245JLPT level: 1恵比寿 Ebisu (god of fisherman and luck) え・び・す(ebisu)寿命 life span じゅ・みょう (jumyou)司 director, official, government office ̪シ、つかさど（る）(shi, tsukasadoru)grade: 4frequency: 759JLPT level: 3司令部 headquarters し・れい・ぶ （shireibu)上司 superior authorities じょう・し (joushi)So in conclusion it is a revolving sushi restaurant (conveyor-belt sushi) that uses fish straight from the fish tank. If you enjoyed this please leave a comment etc.. かんぱい！