くら寿司が「非接触」店舗　入店から退店まで―大阪

　くら寿司は、入店から退店まで店員と完全に非接触で食事ができるサービスを始めた。東京に続き、１６日になんば日本橋店（大阪市）にも導入した。新型コロナウイルスの感染防止とともに、来店客の利便性も向上させるのが狙いだ。
　入り口の案内パネルに指を近づけると、画面に触らなくてもセンサーが指の動きを読み取って、手続きができる。席では、備え付けのタブレットまたは、スマートフォンでＱＲコードを読み取ることで、注文する仕組みだ。レジにも店員はおらず、入店時と同様に画面に触らず操作できる「セルフレジ」で会計を済ませる。
　同様のシステムは東京・池袋の店舗でも１３日から導入。来年末までに国内全４６２店舗への拡大を目指している。（2020/10/16-11:28）

Major Japanese sushi-go-round restaurant chain Kura Sushi Inc. has launched at some of its domestic stores a system allowing customers to dine without interacting at all with staff personnel.
   An outlet in the western city of Osaka on Friday introduced the system, which is aimed at reducing the risk of novel coronavirus infection and improving customer convenience.
   When entering the store, customers can take necessary procedures by bringing their fingers close to a panel device, without having to touch it, as the device picks up movements of the fingers with a sensor.
   At their seats, diners place orders using special tablet devices installed at the restaurant or scanning a quick response, or QR, code with their smartphones. When leaving the store, customers use a self-checkout device that, like the device for entering, can be operated without touch.
   Ahead of the Osaka store, a Kura Sushi restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district adopted the system on Tuesday. The company plans to introduce it to all of its 462 domestic restaurants by the end of next year.