![]() ![]() Feel like slicing up squid, asparagus, and candy canes, and rolling it all up into a cone of seaweed? Go right ahead. Customers come in, and you decide what they’re going to eat. Yoshinoya also reported the video to police.With Toca Kitchen Sushi, you’re the chef of a busy seaside restaurant. Their prank surfaced in February when a customer notified the chain about the video, prompting the restaurant to temporarily close to discard all its ginger and clean its containers, police said. If convicted of obstructing business, they could face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 500,000 yen ($3,800), and for property destruction, up to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to 300,000 yen ($2,280). Police arrested Shimazu, 35, in March, and Oka, 34, this week, officials said. Oka said he had encouraged Shimazu to do something funny, and he shared the video because it was funny and he wanted people to see it, police said, adding that they had nothing against the restaurant. Shimazu told police that he wanted to make people laugh. Customers are supposed to use an attached serving utensil to add ginger to their food. In a video shot by Oka and shared on social media, Shimazu is seen holding a condiment container up to his face and shoveling pickled ginger - a popular topping for beef bowls - into his mouth with his chopsticks. Osaka prefectural police on Wednesday said Ryu Shimazu and Toshihide Oka were arrested on suspicion of obstructing business and destroying and dirtying property. TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a video on social media showing one eating pickled ginger with his chopsticks directly from a communal container at a famous beef bowl restaurant chain, part of a series of pranks that have hit sushi chains and became known as “sushi terrorism.” ![]()
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