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Posted: 2014-04-23T12:28:58Z | Updated: 2014-04-23T17:59:01Z

After arriving in Tokyo on Wednesday, President Barack Obama and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dined at Sukiyabashi Jiro , one of the world's finest sushi restaurants.

The three-Michelin-star restaurant, owned by Jiro Ono, was featured in the 2011 documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi." According to a 2012 New Yorker profile of the restaurant, one meal there, which usually lasts about 20 minutes, consists of 20 pieces of sushi served one at a time and costs about $370.

Below, more from the AP:

TOKYO (AP) President Barack Obama is getting a lesson in the art of sushi making at a famous Tokyo restaurant with hard-to-come-by reservations.

But Obama and his dining partner, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay), didn't appear to have trouble scoring seats at Sukiyabashi Jiro. The 10-seat restaurant is run by 87-year-old Jiro Ono, who was featured in the 2011 documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi."

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Obama and Abe greeted each other outside the underground restaurant before heading in for the private dinner that typically costs about $300. Joining Obama and Abe at dinner were U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

UPDATE -- 9:26 a.m. ET: According to a White House pool report, Obama was impressed with the restaurant, which he stayed at for an hour and a half with the prime minister.

"That's some good sushi right there," Obama said.