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All aboard: Kura's high-tech sushi train picks up speed

The fast-growing Japanese brand wants to bring sushi to the American masses by outsourcing much of the work to machines.
Kura's automation starts with conveyor belts and touches almost every part of the restaurant. | Photos by Joe Guszkowski

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