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On a Friday afternoon, I went to a high-end sushi buffet in Ginza! I have been to a few sushi buffets before, which cost around 5,000 yen at most. But this time, Miko Sushi is offering a buffet for a whopping 10,000 yen. The high price is probably due to its location in Ginza, and also because they have a Uni Paradise where you can eat unlimited sea urchin. The system is a 90-minute buffet where they first serve a variety of sushi from the menu, and then you can order more. Based on past experiences, I can eat about 50 pieces of sushi. If I can't enjoy the taste and quantity for 10,000 yen, I won't be satisfied. I was intrigued by the Uni Paradise, so I made a reservation for Friday at 2 p.m. from my pension. It's about a 5-minute walk from Ginza Station. The place is on the 11th floor of the Sakura Marks Ginza Building in front of GINZA SIX. I arrived early, but had to wait in a cramped space with other customers until 2 p.m. Finally, when I entered, the interior was bright and clean with a sophisticated white wood finish. There was relaxing music playing. It had a pretty upscale atmosphere. There were two female chefs in their 40s or 50s inside. One specialized in uni and the other in other types of sushi. There were 8 people in my 2 p.m. group, including me. There were about 12 seats at the counter. Surprisingly, there were many families, but no young children, so it was calm and easy to eat. They asked for drinks first, and I chose tea. I sat on the left end, with a view of the uni box in front of me. They used sea urchins from Marumasa, Okuyamaya, and Kimura Suisan, all from Russia this time. I wonder if there are differences in taste when compared? One thing is that they have different colors. The chefs made sushi in front of me, and the rice they used was reddish vinegar, so it was brown. The sushi from the menu was mostly served in about 50 minutes. Then it was time for repeat orders. You could order in units of 3, and the uni and other sushi were ordered separately since the chefs were different. This was good, but I was quite dissatisfied with how they took orders. They said it was to be fair to customers, but they started taking orders from the end. The uni chef started from the left, and the other chef started from the right. The group of female customers was on the left, and I was on the right, so I felt like I was waiting forever. Maybe they do this to not let customers eat too much in a buffet? The chefs came to take orders and served them. Then they asked the next customer for orders and served them, so it was quite slow and you had to eat the sushi in front of you carefully or you would be waiting. Could they not serve all at once? I paid 10,000 yen in the end. I paid by credit card. I had a small dish + 12 pieces (including 3 uni) and then had 9 uni and 6 others for repeats, and finished with a soup. The taste was not bad, and the uni was okay, but the system didn't suit me. I was quite dissatisfied with it. It left me feeling incomplete. If you add up the sea urchin I ate, it's like 600 yen per piece, so I feel like I got my money's worth, but the time spent waiting for orders was a big dissatisfaction. If I could order more from my end, I could have ordered 10 more. If I ate normally, I wouldn't have been dissatisfied with 10,000 yen. It was quite thought-provoking, this high-end sushi buffet.