Vistor Notes:
Subject: 'I'd Have to Agree...Not Exactly Veg-Friendly'
Posted by westcornersville on: Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 03:42 PM PST

Restaurants in Japan are different from Japanese restaurants in the US--they tend to just sell one type of food. Quite often, that food will be something with fish, beef or pork (or at a minimum, dashi, the fish powder). Even Japanese tofu restaurants usually have meat-based broths in all their dishes. The vegetarian restaurants are typically a little off the beaten path and can be hard to find (and sometimes have limited hours)--but there are some really good ones out there, once you find them. Some even have buffets, which are great considering many Japanese restaurants have small portions (when ordering a set meal or a la carte). One good thing--most sushi places offer a few vegetarian sushis, such as "natto maki" (actually a bit adventurous given the natto is strongly fermented soybeans) and "kappa maki" (the simple cucumber roll), and these are often relatively cheap (sometimes as little as around 100-150 yen for a small roll). Tempura places will sometimes have vegetarian tempura (though not vegan--there's usually egg in the batter). Also, Indian and Italian restaurants are abundant in the cities and are almost always (especially Indian) vegetarian friendly.

Subject: 'Eat More Greens... in Tokyo (Azabu-Juban)'
Posted by SP on: Friday, October 05, 2007 at 05:34 PM PST

Vegetarian with vegan options!
Delicious!!
www.eatmoregreens.jp/english/index.html


Subject: 'kind of difficult'
Posted by Guest on: Monday, July 31, 2006 at 02:30 AM PST

Being veggie in japan is pretty difficult. Almost everything has meat or fish stock in it, right down to the salad dressing. Japanese waitstaff are notoriously bad for not knowing what's in a dish - numerous times I've asked several times if something has meat, been vigorously assured that it does not, and then received a dish with a big piece of beef or bacon right on top. This is not a language barrier - I'm communicating in Japanese. It's a cultural ignorance of vegetarianism.
When eating out, I tend to stick to vegetarian restaurants, Italian places, and especially Indian restaurants, where there's almost always something I can eat. I've added several listings to this site, many of which are veg-friendly but not 100% veg - but in towns smaller than Tokyo or Kyoto, being able to find anything at all to eat can be a real challenge.

Subject: 'Japanese snacks'
Posted by Chia on: Saturday, February 11, 2006 at 11:32 AM PST

Here is what I tried on my trip: Vegan - roasted chestnuts & baked rice cakes. Vegetarian (with dairy or eggs or white sugar) - assorted baked sweet cookies, cookies with peanuts, cakes, and red bean paste jelly. All very tasty.


Subject: 'fukuoka'
Posted by Guest on: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 at 01:30 AM PST

does anyone know of a veggie place in fukuoka, japan?

Subject: 'Indian restaurant RAANi'
Posted by Guest on: Monday, March 28, 2005 at 06:38 PM PST

http://raani.org/e/