4 Must-Have Tips for Vegan Travel in Tokyo

Are you planning a trip to Tokyo as a vegan? It won't be easy.
But in this video, I cover some simple 'survival' tips to figure out what you can eat that is plant-based, readily available and even get some protein in you.
In the video, I go over what fruits and veggies you can expect to see, the four most important food items for my vegan survival in Tokyo. As well as a small tip on what to do as a vegan in a restaurant and a few ideas on where to buy food and other essentials.
T's Tan Tan vegan noodles, natto, Natural Lawson, Bio C Bon and the most surprising supermarket for vegans in west Tokyo: Tokyu Store are all in this video.

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[nijinokanata]

The 4 Horsemen are the greatest! I appreciate this video tons 🙏🏾

[ghost_doxtro]

keep this kind of videos coming out, quality is insane. This is the vegan comunity that we need.

[CasteHappy]

One of the best videos about this topic I've watched

[davidsobel]

Great to see more companies making vegan offerings. Yeh, it can be tough even for vegetarians. My brother is Kosher and when he's in Japan it's almost like being vegan..the labeling of products can be confusing. For some reason they'll assume dashi is vegetarian(well, it's not meat..haha). I am a big onigiri eater when there :)

[Karo-Cos]

very, very helpful for my japan trip! thanks 💚

[TheTonyspik]

I can't wait to eat a variety of mushroom dishes! I love shitake and shimeji, and a few other mushrooms in japan.

[AzzaYCF]

Thanks for this video! Really helpful 😊

[Steve-xlen]

great video. I did Tokyo a few years as a vegan and while I did all the research, and knew all the places, even then it was still challenging. Having this would have helped me so much to know what I could just buy at the 711! Coincidentally the best veg ramen I had on the trip, wasnt mentioned in any guide book or you tube video. I was just randomly walking past it and it looked like a normal Ramen place but I noticed a gluten free option. Then on closer inspection of the menu they had 3 veg options. I ended up trying 2 of them they were amazing. Unfortunately that place closed during covid :(

[GypsyWitchCreations]

Thanks for this! <3 I'm visiting Japan in a couple days for the first time EVER and along with being vegan, I'm pretty health conscious so the Natto and Kagome juice are great recommendations! Since I'm sure I'm going to be eating sooo many different things that might not have all the nutrition I need.

[juju_be]

trick: if you can find the plum natto, the sauce is vegan :)

[KHwut]

Sorry to be the insufferable Vegan Purity Police, but I wouldn't want to buy natto with the bonito packet in it because whether or not I eat it, the money supports a meat product. I would rather try to find plain peanuts or beans or whatever might be available (I've never been) if I'm unsure about finding natto with only the ume or kelp seasoning that they sell here in my Asian grocery. But I commend you for appreciating natto and trying to find options for people! 💚

[jm]

Very cool video well done! How do you tell if the natto you're eating is the vegan version? As you know some have a meat based protein used in the culture medium and some use a non-meat based culture medium for fermentation. Obviously the non-meat based culture medium would be cheaper so presumably this is what's used in the cheaper natto, but unsure.

[Jomok]

I love natto so much man
I used to make myself batches of it in my insta pot

[veryonlineman]

Bro i miss fruits. They are so expensive in japan

[tonerebel]

No dude, I'm not eating natto to survive.

[BlueNorth]

Starbarfs is one of those companies that unfortunately fund Shitrael. I avoid it like the plague.