Vegetarian in Japan

[@GlennHope]

I struggled in Japan because everybody seemed to consider fish a vegetable

[@domblidoo2500]

​@@MrWhoopwhoop10 yawn, grow up

[@mistixthedivine]

Tons of Americans seem to think this as well

[@ciello___8307]

More like strictly eating only vegetables is traditionally not a thing there. They eat more vegetables, but use stocks, broth to flavor the veggies

[@t-.-t.]

Lmao🤣. I know Japanese people think it's strange to not eat meat

[@user-cs8by9tv5u]

I had a Nepali friend..When I asked for the first time if she was a vegetarian she told me" yes she is and she eats chicken"

[@MichiruEll]

As vegetarian, my wife and I spent so much time researching food places in Japan. Very often we just ended up going to Indian restaurants. Indian restaurants are such a lifesaver everywhere around the world.

[@annikaroder172]

So true! And a delicious option, too. Love Indian food❤

[@vie2334]

Ikr

[@LittleLulubee]

When I lived in Paris, I always went to Indian or Thai restaurants for veg dishes ❤😋🌿

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Boy they sure are! Here in SoCal where I live, there is an Indian neighborhood with fantastic restaurants, that have many vegetarian dishes that are so delicious!

[@LittleLulubee]

@@margaritakleinman5701 California has always had the most vegetarian/vegan restaurants, and veg menu items in non-veg restaurants, out of any place in the US 👍 So even excluding Indian food, it’s EXTREMELY EASY for a vegetarian to find veg food in SoCal- it’s literally everywhere there! 🌿🌿🌿

[@aaradhyasingh8111]

I'm almost convinced that if Indian Vegans/Vegetarians wanna survive in foreign countries, they have to learn how to cook like a master chef.💀

[@anubizz3]

Why just chop some vegetables and eat it. What so hard about it? If you want to make vegetables that taste like meat yeah...

[@znn4125]

vegetables are vile

[@aaradhyasingh8111]

@@anubizz3 Bruh. Come to India, our vegan food is completely different from yall's.

[@Vor567tez]

​@@anubizz3We don't live on grass , we have huge variety of vegetarian food.

[@SeveralGhost]

​@@znn4125 chicken nuggies and never drinking water energy from you

[@typical_doza]

My friend is vegetarian and I’ve never seen someone struggle so much just to eat at Japan. We were there for almost a month too

[@ahabrawgaming1289]

Your friend is pathetic seriously. Tell them to cut the crap and eat meat

[@user-xh5vz4ty8g]

For more than 1,000 years, Japan has had a variety of vegetarian dishes called shojin ryori, which do not use any meat, fish, or eggs. I think you can eat it if you stay at a temple.

[@yo2trader539]

@@user-xh5vz4ty8g There are a few famous restaurants that serve proper Shojin Ryori in Tokyo...the problem it's too expensive for daily use.

[@pinkheart315]

Many foods when vegetarian in japan that I have seen on KZbin have mushrooms or have egg. Some eat it but Many of us vegetarians that I know of don't eat both. So we screwed 😭

[@pinkheart315]

​@@user-xh5vz4ty8gDo They have mushrooms and eggs?

[@smileplease0306]

India is heaven for vegetarians ❤

[@lastnecro7681]

India has really good dishes for veg people.

[@_AntaraChowdhury]

True ❤

[@moviebites9570]

❤️💯❤️💯❤️

[@jibonjapan]

There is variety

[@kalyansapsd1]

Indian staying in Germany…I am a non vegetarian…vegan food is very bland its often confused with vegetarian…tbh nothing in this world beats Indian vegetarian options…but the problem here is many indian/pakistani/bangladeshi restaurants serve stale food …very bad from what we get in India…so I cook at home mostly else if I am outside, I eat out at german restaurants which has chicken or fish on the menu. Indian vegetarians have a real tough time eating outside here.

[@Metonymy1979]

I went to Japan and I said I was vegetarian at a restaurant and the waiter goes "so, you eat fish". It was extremely hard to find any vegetarian Japanese food. I had to go to Indian restaurants.

[@amiya51]

Yup fish is considered as Vegetarian food there I have experienced :-)

[@kriketprayme]

I think the Japanese just don't seem to understand the difference b/w Non-Vegetarian, Vegetarian and Vegan.

[@Himachali_Protagonist]

Lol😂

[@ZionistGundam]

If you’ll search on google map “ vegetarian tokyo “ it actually shows a lot of places

[@CicoinTokyo777]

? When did you go to Japan? Tokyo is full of vegan cafe/options

[@ashleighdahlstrom433]

She’s so beautiful

[@pradeepshetty9269]

Indians have mastered vegetarian food. If you are considering exploring a vegetarian lifestyle, Indian food has to be your go to food to start with.

[@Cookieduhh95]

We give the world everything . The world gives us back very little .. too bad 😕

[@pramit7745]

🤢🤢ghass pushh

[@hmj3547]

​​@@pramit7745stfu....khun Peete ho tum toh 2sre pranio ki...Sharm kro.....💩☕

[@RajendraAJS]

Also cheap and best options! + The taste ...

[@kschkz]

@@Cookieduhh95 Typical Narcissistic words cooked by a 3rd world brain.. Hadn't world has given us anything, we would be living in a prehistoric land. Most of the modernities we enjoy, hailed from some way advanced countries.

[@alexii5308]

As a fellow hindu vegetarian, I relate

[@brascoperryjoe6425]

All Hindus are not vegetarians.

[@alexii5308]

@@brascoperryjoe6425 i never said that

[@jasonnoir4230]

​@@alexii5308Lol don't mind this idiot just wants something to fight about

[@iitnakanpur..]

​@@brascoperryjoe6425do you understand english??

[@sohiyyi]

Living in abroad is hard when it comes to food. Even in vegetable dishes, they uses fish sauce, oyster sauce like that. And even snacks too. 😂

[@rfb8499]

She’s so pretty and soft spoken

[@AKASH-.-]

Come to India

[@shubhank5409]

​@@AKASH-.-no it's a very dirty country

[@user-qd9tk9xo5j]

For all vegetarians:wherever you are in the world just go in an Indian restaurant if you don't find any other because indian vegetarian food is just majestic 😍🤤🤤

[@AshishAcharyaalex]

Not all Indian restaurant thiugh . In a Hyderabadi restaurant near me they serve beef biryani in Dalllas. I immediately left because I don't even wanna eat anything that is close to beef cooking. I am non veg though. But just will die before eating bee

[@Thevalleyzfinest]

She is sooo beautiful

[@aquamarina773]

It's kinda weird to me that Japan apparently doesn't have a lot of vegetarian options since tofu, mushrooms and soybeans are pretty common in japanese food. You just need to take away the meat and replace it with one of those!

[@jaredf6205]

And they were historically a vegetarian society. Meat was literally banned for over a thousand years.

[@aquamarina773]

@@jaredf6205 I thought that was in India?

[@User-vz4xm]

⁠@@jaredf6205not true. Only in the city of Kyoto. And not for a thousand of years. Japan is a tiny island and with little agriculture land, it’s impossible for vegetarianism to be popular.

[@kaieden]

I think it’s mainly fish that’s the problem. Fish sauce and bonito flakes are often the only non-vegan ingredient in a lot of vegetable noodle soups and donburi that I see

[@User-vz4xm]

@@kaieden yes, meat was and still is expensive and used to be very rare. given the abundance of fish, fish is often consumed and used for flavouring simple dishes, fish become an inseparable part of their culture. I told my vegetarian friend to be open-minded when if she ever need to visit Japan. They consider fish as vegetarian. and don't try to use your western vegan or vegetarian logic/standard in Japan, it doesn't exist.

[@adarshtiwari2532]

She is just so cute.. adorable, lovely

[@sarahberlaud4285]

I found that as a vegan in Japan, it was very challenging. It was a challenge to determine what was vegan or not, as sometimes items called "veggie burgers" just had chopped veg in them. It was a challenge (at first) to read labels. When I was hospitalised, and had been promised no meat, fish, etc. (they could actually only do vegetarian), my soup had chikuwa in it. "Ah, we thought you meant whole big pieces, is ground up not okay?" Or the time I checked about a pasta very carefully - no meat, no beef, no pork, no poultry, no horse - and it came with bacon. The waitress said that I hadn't asked about bacon, and she didn't think bacon was meat. It was a social challenge, with a society where it can be rude to refuse food offered. Sometimes people didn't know, but sometimes friends also forgot - and there's no delicate way out. If I refuse to eat the surprise birthday cake, of course they're hurt but also embarrassed for forgetting. If I eat it, they'll eventually remember and feel so bad about it, too! Or trying to tell wait staff not to bring the little pots of milk and syrup for my coffee because it's a waste... but understanding that to other customers or their colleagues it looks like they forgot and are providing bad service, so it's trouble for them... Which is I guess what causes people to find vegetarianism or veganism childish. My moral values were regularly put to the test by people I didn't know very well, especially as my language ability increased. I was genuinely insulted a few times, even once being told that I should just stop eating anything and die if I had a problem with some foods. Occasionally it was a safety issue, as with work you need to go out drinking. If sliced tomatoes were the only vegan item on the menu, and you must drink, then you get too drunk too easily. But there are so many happy food memories, too. I loved picnics at hanami where I always brought a big picnic basket of food and everyone Japanese could try some new vegan things, and there was no pressure to try everything. I loved having big home parties at Christmas time, where everyone could forget about romance and I'd cook around fifteen different dishes. And I loved making my own, full New Year's dishes, as many recipes are traditionally vegan anyway, but aren't done vegan anymore commercially. I always did a full 5-tier set, spending around 4 days to prepare and cook everything. It was so relaxing, and gave me time to really think about the year that was coming to a close. My final New Year in Japan, I took the whole set on the train from Nagoya to Osaka, to spend with our friends who don't celebrate at all, but their young daughter wanted to learn (mama is Czech and doesn't cook Japanese food). Later, if she wants, I'll teach her ❤ But if I weren't vegan and just bought the Osechi ryori from the store, I'd never know these traditions, or be able to teach anyone else...

[@shysweetbunnygirl]

Poor life choices

[@dozenadventures]

i’m a french vegetarian who was really interested with your message you really described a lot of interesting thing thank you for sharing this 😊

[@sarahberlaud4285]

@@shysweetbunnygirl I don't really mind, no worries. But I do think it's hilarious that your username is shysweetbunnygirl - clearly not that shy, clearly not so sweet, and idk but if you're a bunny you're definitely prey and might be glad that people care about how your bunny fam is doing 😅 also rabbits are vegetarians

[@artemisa1523]

Is kind of childish to be vegetarian because you don't want to contribute with cruelty against animals, but you are okey using technology and a cellphone which usually are made of human cruelty, some times even children slavery.

[@sarahberlaud4285]

@@dozenadventures Pas de soucis ! C'est assez dur de suivre n'importe quel régime alimentaire spécifique en France aussi... donc bon courage ! 💕

[@peterarbet1447]

Im in Japan atm in Hiroshima. 95% of all restaurants have no vegetarian or vegan food. Everything even thou it looks vegetarian contains dashi or stock. Convinient stores tend to be the most vegetarian friendly, but you have to google translate check everything. Things like potato salad, egg sandwich can be vegetarian ( without stock, dashi, meat) in just one chain. It is difficult and unfortunately, even google translate isnt 100% so i broke my vegetarianism on few occasions. So to be honest as a tourist its even harder, since you cant cook yourself, unless you get an appartment with kitchen instead of a business hotel for the stay.

[@marie-michellefortier2993]

The red bean bun at Lawson contains lard too!

[@vishalkaleeswaran7039]

And then there are off the label ingredients - for example, some kelp and plum onigiris have bonito powder used but not mentioned on the label. Japanese laws allow this because of small quantity

[@Groveherooffcial]

Beta

[@Ser3456]

Indian vegetarians don’t eat eggs.

[@vishalkaleeswaran7039]

@@Ser3456 I do! Don't generalize. Egg is considered vegetarian. But I get where you're coming from.

[@sanghamitradhara8330]

You can ask for buddhist or monk food options, which are generally vegetarian

[@confusioneternelle]

Yes but also expensive as fuck.

[@sidy6526]

​@@confusioneternelle I don't know how vegetarian food is more expensive in foreign countries. In india it costs less than half for a one time veg meal as compared to non veg meal .

[@rosiejen]

​@@sidy6526 because india also has a very high vegetarian population. i don't think vegetarianism is as normalised anywhere else in the world as much as it is in india

[@Tenisinspector8341]

@@rosiejenVegetarians are like barely 40% of the population plus meat is general expensive in developing nations, while grain and vegetable are much cheaper due to their abundance

[@CMONCMON007]

​@sidy6526 I think it's because not much grows in Japan. Like I know fruits are a luxury item in Japan...cause most of there fruit and veg is imported...

[@PoutinePete]

Shes a cutie 💓

[@et8603]

I’m vegan now but spent a lot of my childhood being vegetarian in Japan. It’s not difficult but I’m Japanese so I know more about the food than foreigners

[@pinkheart315]

Do you have any dishes without mushroom, seaweed and eggs? Cause being a vegetarian myself I just don't eat these things.

[@JustAnotherNameYo]

Share your knowledge, don't hold back! 🙏🏾

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

you should make a list :0 it would be cool if foreigners knew about some of these places as well. If not, it's cool, I'm just saying it would really helpful :)

[@JustAnotherNameYo]

@@pinkheart315 I gotta say, I think you're in the wrong place if you don't like to eat these things. It's in a great majority of dishes.

[@andwoe1752]

@et8603 would be nice if you could share some tips

[@vishalkaleeswaran7039]

I cook 3 meals a day to survive as a vegetarian here. Its not hard if you plan your meals out. Its more expensive though, because vegetables and fruits are usually costlier than fish or meat. It is difficult to find vegetarian or vegan options out of Tokyo and other major cities. Even if you find, they ll be incredibly expensive as a daily meal option.

[@sarthakoberoi2097]

Why not try Japanese food? Can't be too bad for your health they're hella healthy.

[@vishalkaleeswaran7039]

@@sarthakoberoi2097 I eat Japanese food, I cook it myself.

[@kawaranai6742]

100% an Indian woman. Can recognize our neutral accent anywhere

[@oneflute4726]

Neutral?

[@-rate6326]

​@@oneflute4726 Indian thing. Lots of peoples fake their accent in India. If It's neutral that means they aren't not faking it.

[@davidwilliams6392]

NEUTRAL???? Lmfaoo

[@hsmahbiv7474]

​@@-rate6326 especially women... P.S. i am woman too

[@chrishouseley6093]

Think you mean *natural

[@helga_ish]

Oh my, she’s gorgeous ❤

[@whereis.mishuu]

❤

[@bigjzzz1884]

​@@whereis.mishuu Oh so it's you.....👏👍

[@rockysalvatore435]

​@@whereis.mishuuexotic poonani

[@mirandapolyard199]

@@rockysalvatore435gross

[@tabor503]

Yesss

[@nuclearana]

i plan on going to japan with some people in the near future, but as a vegan i’ve been terrified of having to deal with that lmao. 3 of the 4 of us are vegan and the 4th person is vegetarian 😭

[@alphabetagamma4142]

Of you do your research properly, you can definitely get by for a few days... It's not impossible...

[@niwa_s]

Get accommodation with a kitchen.

[@createprince2093]

I live in Tokyo as a vegetarian, and have traveled to some other places in the country and it is doable. much easier than a gluten allergy, for sure. you just cant walk into any old place off the street, but there are many vegetarian or vegan restaurants around that you can find with some searching. Kyoto has a great soy milk ramen place in Gion. Tokyo has tons of stuff all over, but especially Shibuya I have found to be good for it. 2foods at the Loft, Shinbu Sakiya Ramen, Izakaya Masaka… not to mention Indian places are all over town, always a lifesaver

[@rahulbengani]

So proud of the fact that she is surviving being a vegetarian. You go girl…

[@islandsicedtea]

What’s your problem with it? Nowhere did she say her life was harder, get over yourself

[@MandeepSingh-hn4jd]

​@@islandsicedteashe literally said tough time instead of harder times.. I don't know, what you want to hear...

[@donsq4306]

Slaves also survived by consuming carbs and fiber your body will suffer tough.

[@ive-3692]

Exactly!

[@Grove-street677]

Cringe

[@Jackrobert28]

In the UK they have a lot of Halal food for Muslim South Asians and Hindu parts have a lot of vegetarian food too.

[@kayrab23446]

what is halal?

[@OneWhoDreamsAwake]

Wow, she was so pretty! And pretty resourceful too! 😆 … i’ll see myself out

[@cptmacbernick]

As a vegetarian that lived in Japan for 8 years, I never had any difficulties finding alternatives or vegetarians restaurants (in particular these 10 past years). Vegan might be more difficult.

[@anubizz3]

The keywords here is if you want to eat vegetables yeah not difficult. But if you try to make vegetables that taste like meat then yeah it will be difficult and expensive... Alot of vegan crave meat so much, while vegetarian like my grandmother, cousin and my Indian flatmate never have problem finding restaurants that can cook vegetarian food.

[@LunaVioletta7]

Maybe you can share your secrets / tips or favorite restaurants?

[@Spydeer_man]

Bro Plz share some places...

[@Anonymous-bi5pv]

She seems like she'd be an amazing chef, Indian food is top tier

[@user-gw3lp3lb1o]

She looks like she would be an amazing belly dancer as well ❤

[@Archana-ev3ky]

wtf lol ? @@user-gw3lp3lb1o

[@mb3391]

I lived in Kyoto for one year and found it impossible to stay vegetarian, avoiding dashi etc. - people wouldn't even get the idea. Several times I asked if a dish was without meat, I was told it is just to find out it did have meat in it. I was loosing weight and then started eating fish for the time I was in Japan.

[@michellec3100]

Pretty hard when dead animal products are so commonly mixed in. I have a vegan Dashi at home, seaweed, mushroom only. It's "fishy" and umami enough. Don't understand that everything has to be animal based. Shiitake Kombu Dashi. But thinking of it, there are ice creams here in Australia with gelatine 😬🙈

[@gumerzambrano]

People need to adapt and eat what the locals eat

[@michellec3100]

@@gumerzambrano rice, noodles/ramen, seaweed, fruits, tofu, veggies, Matcha, adzuki beans, seeds, nuts, chestnuts, vegetarian Dashi, mushrooms, your lovely bread, ....(eggs, bias about that production from sorting to end, but expensive humane ways absolutely possible aka let them breed and slaughter the grown roosters or old hens on site quickly, win win for meat eaters and pet food). plenty of choice without fishing/ overfishing or mass transport / animal slaughter possible with local food ! and Japanese taste! with a bit of thought. We are just a bit lazy, when humans were not as plenty.

[@christine-my3gd]

Lovely accent ❤

[@Shiva-nx1tn]

Northern Indian accent 😁

[@shubhank5409]

​@@Shiva-nx1tnthickass dirty accent

[@luisaloveshoney8]

I struggled a lot as a vegetarian in Japan. In restaurants it was difficult to ask if a food was vegetarian as they often don’t know and can’t really answer your question. If you ask if the ramen is with meat they’d say no even though the broth is made of meat. I was also shocked that Japanese food that’s vegetarian in Europe is often not vegetarian in Japan. For example fried rice is mostly cooked with meat broth, spring rolls contain meat and of course sushi really is rice and fish and not with avocado or cucumber like in the west. You mostly have to look up restaurants beforehand, it’s hard to find something spontaneously. Without conbini onigiri we would’ve gone hungry a lot. So on my Japan trip I wasn’t able to eat sushi, ramen, Japanese curry or omurice :( had to hit up my local ramen shop after I came back, they all offer vegan options where I live 🙏

[@marie-michellefortier2993]

Dashi stock (bonito based) is often used to cook leafy veggies/veggies and many other things. Also, McDonald's in Japan still uses lard to fry its food, and a lot of almond milk contains pork derived emulsifier like the one used at Starbucks! In general, they don't mention what the emulsifier come from in the ingredient list, it's just "emulsifier". I'm not vegan at all, but it's a headache for vegans I know. (And most white sugar in Japan has gone through a bone char process.) Edit: And the red bean bun at Lawson contains lard too!

[@sekaijin8193]

You simply cannot be vegan in Japan. I have a friend who was vegan in the US but when he came for a six-month study abroad program in Japan he ended up becoming pescaterian. 😂

[@user-xh5vz4ty8g]

@@sekaijin8193 If you become a monk in Japan, you can eat vegan food every day. It has been around for more than 1,000 years before the West became vegetarian.

[@ciello___8307]

Its because most “japanese food” abroad has beeen modified to suit local tastes. Its not the traditional stuff

[@sekaijin8193]

@@ciello___8307 Exactly! It's not authentic obviously. Same goes for western food in Japan. I live here and pasta is completely different. Italians that I've met here are not happy lol.

[@austinlea847]

僕はビーガンんです！東京なら、いいですよ！

[@kt-8jp]

tokyo is too expensive🥺😭

[@arjunsharma2506]

​@@kt-8jpbrokie

[@oo0OAO0oo]

@@arjunsharma2506 assholie

[@user-ct5by3op4e]

I'm sure she'll miss India alot when it comes to food especially since she's a vegetarian.

[@mirandapolyard199]

She’s so beautiful, I love her eyes 😊

[@julietteb6154]

I’ve been dying to go to Japan, but worry that as a vegan I’ll struggle to find options!!!

[@saicharan1623]

👀 +1

[@nooraffirmations-yq7mc]

Learn vegan cooking

[@createprince2093]

with a bit of research up front, you can totally do it! major cities will have plenty of good options, and though smaller towns will be tough, you can get by. might have to resort to simple things from the conbini, but in most cases you can find good vegan restaurants these days

[@Evarabg]

Just find Indian Restaurants They always have vegetarian foods.

[@user1001001000]

She is pretty and cute

[@Baqsam]

It's so easy to eat Japanese vegan food, but I'm talking about outside of Japan...

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

lol yea ain't that funny

[@Baqsam]

@@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive I'm not saying there's no vegan Japanese food in Japan. It's just that I've never been there, but I reckon there's vegan Japanese food there. In fact, you can make dishes from many different cuisines vegan if you ask the waiter not to add meat or fish etc.

[@elliesart_]

I know Wagamamas isn't true japanese but it's a good alternative & it's funny that 50% of their menu is vegan. great for me as a vegan who loves asian flavours

[@ciello___8307]

True western veganism isnt really a big thing in japan.

[@Baqsam]

@@ciello___8307 Is it really a big thing in the west, though? I didn't come across many vegans/vegetarians during my years in California...

[@nirmal8714]

I am so thankful to God Shiva that i born in India where i don't struggle for veg food and it's soo tasty so you don't even feel some kind of FOMO for non veg I Love India❤ I Love Japan also my second/Third fav country in world with Israel First is always my Mother Bharat(India)

[@jvgjnhhnvgb3477]

Its really hard to survive outside of India where meat is like 90% of food. I lived in Germany for 8 months and it was nightmare to find vegetarian food, I used to cook for myself the whole time.

[@niwa_s]

When and where did you live? I've been a vegetarian in German for over 2 decades; it was certainly a nightmare outside of big cities until 10-15 years ago, but these days I doubt you'd have any trouble finding vegetarian options.

[@downundabrotha]

Her accent is Expensive my dear ✨

[@sanjaybhatikar]

What a cutie pie!

[@forrestray9926]

I found a lot of good options in Hiroshima and Osaka. Though there were a lot of times I had to just get some veg onigiri from a Lawson's or something.

[@luisaloveshoney8]

Lawsons seaweed onigiri saved my Japan trip lmao

[@vishalkaleeswaran7039]

Wait until you learn some of the seemingly vegetarian/vegan onigiris have fish in them without mentioning it on the label😅

[@Morimegami]

yes it is very difficult in japan 😢 odd , i’ve always found it odd. but eventually , after many many trips to japan, by now i know how to do and where to go, it gets much easier with time 🍜

[@elginwinston3390]

❤ She's gorgeous. Wow

[@BigSmacks]

She is fire 🔥

[@marie-michellefortier2993]

Dashi stock (bonito based) is often used to cook leafy veggies/veggies and many other things. Also, McDonald's in Japan still uses lard to fry its food, and a lot of almond milk contains pork derived emulsifier like the one used at Starbucks! In general, they don't mention what the emulsifier come from in the ingredient list, it's just "emulsifier". I'm not vegan at all, but it's a headache for vegans I know. (And most white sugar in Japan has gone through a bone char process.) And the red bean bun at Lawson contains lard too!

[@julietteb6154]

Goodness! Where did you hear about the pork emulsifier? I’d love to read more into this.

[@marie-michellefortier2993]

@@julietteb6154 I heard from other vegans in a Facebook group. I didn't know about it either until then. I don't have an article to point in particular, but I'm sure you can find more about it on official websites. :)

[@julietteb6154]

@@marie-michellefortier2993 Thank you! I’m having a hard time finding anything but will keep searching ☺️😊😊

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

Sounds like paradise. I wish we still used lard instead of unhealthy vegetable oil. The vegans really destroyed food in the west

[@meredith9687]

The almond milk at Japanese starbucks no longer contains a pork emulsifier (thank god)

[@Fallen_Core]

I don't understand the hate vegetarians get. Like come on bro let them eat what they want

[@satyakibaidya2753]

Vegetarians get the hate that they give... If they don't give any hate to non-vegetarians then they too don't get any

[@spectrum1909]

​​@@satyakibaidya2753I think only in the west, they get the hate, as they have the nature of making a movement out of everything and some coconuts all around the world perceive it as a global thing.

[@avipsa304]

​@@satyakibaidya2753bro wth r u bluffing 😂?? No vegetarian ever hates non vegetarian atleast in India. The ones u r referring to r Vegans

[@avipsa304]

Actually vegetarians r not hated because usually they have religious reasons but vegans r the ones hated because few vegans r extremists

[@satyakibaidya2753]

@@avipsa304 in India people have always been respectful of others despite their differences... But currently vegetarians do hate non vegetarians in India as they are influenced a lot by American veganism or overall Western culture of intolerance.... This has started to be ingrained in our society since the first Islamic invasions of India... And this intolerance goes at all levels and not just restricted to food... But generally people with restrictions start the hatred towards people with none... Non vegetarians have no restrictions and eat both meat and vegetables while vegetarians have restriction

[@vishes332]

She is Beautiful and her way of speaking....🥰

[@whereis.mishuu]

Thanks! 😊

[@LunaVioletta7]

@@whereis.mishuui also noticed how pretty you are!

[@b.christensen9669]

Move to Thailand. Entire vegetarian restaurants have fabulous inexpensive food!

[@sonny5982]

Indians are so underrated

[@19382q]

They’re everywhere kinda overrated imo

[@mosquitolivesinhybe7784]

​@@19382qas an indian i agree bt gota say it's always the north Indians💁‍♀️

[@19382q]

@@mosquitolivesinhybe7784 most immigrants here in europe are hindu and they get discriminated against for stinky food

[@Himanshu_Singh793]

​@@19382qnot just discriminated against. They even become victims of racist attacks. Not to mention verbal harassment and bullying. But Europe is still a zillion times better than Japan and East Asia. East Asians are one of the most racist people ever and it's so ingrained in their homogenous culture they don't even think it's wrong

[@_Acerz_]

​@@19382qAs another Indian, I agree too. People on social media platforms are milking views by creating videos about India. With our large population, it's natural for Indians to come across these videos, comment, and engage, and stuff. But, many Indians intentionally watch videos made by foreigners, seeking acknowledgment(?) from Western people. From what I've seen, a lot of of those who do this are kids. I don't really know why they do it, but it can be somewhat annoying, and at times, I just get secondhand embarrassment from it all.

[@Fanchinu]

Being vegetarian I could relate too well to this

[@19382q]

Cause you cant just go to a grocery store?

[@shubhank5409]

Stop eating grass and have some meat🍖🍖

[@Himachali_Protagonist]

​@@shubhank5409eat your own leg then 😂 🤣

[@Himachali_Protagonist]

​@@shubhank5409and eat meat like any other animal, RAW

[@bejbet1217]

I find it hard to believe that being a vegetarian would be harder than being a vegan in Japan😅

[@AsucaTheBLUBB]

Nowhere in the world can it be easier being vegetarian than vegan, because as a vegetarian you can eat vegan food but not vice versa

[@alphabetagamma4142]

Kudos to her for still being vegetarian despite the hardships! Many Indian people use inconvenience as an excuse to give up their values when they move abroad. Very few vegetarians actually stick to their morals and continue being vegetarian despite the extra work and inconvenience.

[@saicharan1623]

Yes, it's an open public challenge for vegetarians & vegans to survive in Japan. Especially when you don't know the language or when you're a tourist.

[@Rita_Arya]

It is difficult to keep up tho, especially if you don't have time or interest to eat home cooked meals Although, my cousin was in Taiwan for about 6 years for his phd, and he doesn't like meat, so he ended up learning and eating home cooked veg foods only

[@livelihood5903]

So proud of my country, less than .001%Indians are vegan but FSSAI is planning to make a separate label for vegan products for people 'convenience, we already label every vegetarian food product with green logo.....no matter what people say guff about it ,India is a developing country still cares about everyone.....

[@Demi_God423]

She looks so beautiful.

[@hellosangii]

so glad i found someone i can really relate too.

[@artemisxw8708]

Buy a portable hot pot cooker and hit the supermarkets. The outer suburban ones as they have the biggest veggie tofu range and you know exactly what went in the dish. I've travelled to Japan 5 times but they have meat or fish in just about everything! And a food item changes what it started from what it ends up. Eg. Potato croquette. I asked in Japanese if it contained any meat or cheese as I was vegan. They said no, after buying it, it contained meat and cheese and spam. They basically said its potato. As the dish had 'transformed' to its final product a potato croquette.

[@Saori_Leouistiti]

I can understand and totally agree with you Mademoiselle ! ⭐️

[@abellabarbie]

Shes so gorgeous!!

[@shubhank5409]

She looks like cornstar

[@LIVTOMCHUROO]

She is GORGEOUS.

[@kinershah464]

Is that it? Come on ask her more details. How expensive? Which restaurants are good? Does any Japanese restaurant serve pure vegetarian meals?

[@Vor567tez]

It's best to first look out for Indian restaurant. There I think u might get some idea.

[@phoenixarmy282]

​@@homie3461every indian resturant will have vegitarian options if there isn't then it's not authentic.

[@kinershah464]

​@@homie3461​@homie3461 The ones run by Jains is the best option for me. But I understand they are rare to find. I am okay with Vegan restaurants but would like something affordable. I know Buddhist temples also serve vegetarian food, another good option. I will research more about macrobiotic restaurants, thanks for the information.

[@whereis.mishuu]

One Indian meal maybe ¥1200 yen or so? For other vegetarian options you can request to remove a few items from the dish. However many meals contain fish stock, eggs so that could be unavoidable. Pure vegetarian here just means you may have to just eat at vegan restaurants. Hence, normal restaurants and vegan restaurants are there but not particularly ‘vegetarian’ restaurants

[@marie-michellefortier2993]

Not restaurant, but recently, I saw some people posting on a Facebook group about vegan karaage being sold. It's about 3,000 yen for 1 kg vs 700 yen for regular non-vegan karaage. So yeah, vegan food can be more expensive. Sometimes, not that much more, but still a bit pricier than non-vegan food. (I'm not vegan, so I don't have this problem.)

[@theeditor1149]

It is difficult to eat in Japan if you're vegetarian, but I found vegetarian meals at restaurants was cheaper, my meals were always cheaper than friends' meals. It's also difficult to eat in Japan if you are Muslim, it's not too bad in the big cities as there are some halaal shops but smaller towns do not cater for these food restrictions. You have to read every single food label and understand all the kanji to know if something has alcohol or meat ingredients.

[@dimatadore]

I decided to go pescatarian while I was in Japan for two weeks for that reason.

[@aakash7874]

People who are like there's no discrimination based on food preferences in India.. They're either lying or delusional & ignorant.. I've never seen Non-vegetarians dictating or moral policing Vegetarians that they should eat Non-veg.. But, I'm from the Eastern India & currently in Gujarat, a western state, & I can vouch for the fact that many people here hate non-vegetarian people! "Hate" means "Hate", coz they straight away discriminate, disrespect & mock Non-vegetarians as if we are criminal.. So if you think, India is all rosy & sunny and there's no hate.. Then you're definitely living in a bubble...

[@zuko2511]

Their problem is not with you eating Non veg, but cooking non veg in the house. All types of Non veg foods, especially Fish and Eggs have a peculiar smell while being cooked and for pure vegetarians, this smell is usually nauseating.

[@rfabby]

"My goodness.....very lovely young woman. 😊

[@Janice276]

She's fine af

[@davidhall8049]

Like I keep saying she’s lovely 😊

[@crystalasmoon]

She is soo pretty

[@pjain9248]

Every jain problem but we havelarge community in every country so manageable ❤

[@rogerfederer5319]

jain community is doing great work promoting vegetarianism. respect you all from hindu

[@KimJongMishra_NorthKoreaWale]

Meri class ki Jain ladki meat khati hai 😐

[@pjain9248]

@@KimJongMishra_NorthKoreaWale Name the god having wife aged 9 ?

[@KimJongMishra_NorthKoreaWale]

@@pjain9248 bhai aisa koi god hi nhi hai

[@pjain9248]

@@KimJongMishra_NorthKoreaWale Google it

[@Crazyeg123]

I’m vegan and eat mostly fruit. I heard that fruit is expensive in Japan because it’s mostly imported. I heard asia likes persimmons tho (their expensive in the states) 🤤 I would chow down on lots of persimmons

[@phoenixarmy282]

Persimmons are really good . I would chose persimmon over apple anyday .

[@Crazyeg123]

@@homie3461 thanks for sharing! I would love to move to Japan and grow fruits. Im preparing by learning Japanese.

[@dawnriddler]

how do you mostly eat fruit??? isn't fruit supposed to be a snack?

[@kinershah464]

​@@dawnriddlerhaha no, some people eat it for three meals.

[@dawnriddler]

@@kinershah464 for how many years? I honestly don't believe you can make it more than a decade with such a diet💀

[@yukikanegawa7470]

She's so pretty.

[@shubhank5409]

🤮🤮

[@spidy9883]

​@@shubhank5409look at mirror.

[@patrikkcardona4022]

I'm in love with the interviewer 😍

[@kenlewis2253]

Dashi (fish stock) is in so many dishes. Coco Curry has a veg option.

[@sarahberlaud4285]

Just for reference, since it sounds like you might live in Japan, "dashi" just means any broth. So katsuo dashi is the typical (fish) broth, but kombu dashi is made from kelp, and shiitake dashi is mushroom. Both are totally vegan, and available at the grocery store for home cooking... Probably not at restaurants, though (I don't mean to be correcting you, especially because if most Japanese people just say dashi, it means fish for sure. It just might be useful info for you in your daily life)

[@user-mu1td7mc1s]

Just wanna say, she is gorgeous.

[@whereis.mishuu]

🥺❤️

[@chihiro-g8d]

Need list of restaurants and food items in Japan that vegetarian people can eat 🤌🥲

[@shannonlittleton616]

This was a complete surprise to me. I've never been to Japan, and I'm not a vegetarian. But they seem to have a lot of foods that use little to no meat, substituting tofu. I would never have guessed that it would be a difficult diet to maintain in Japan.

[@LegacyEvoAce]

Need another video like this.

[@Shloeb]

It's very difficult. Even the noodles without meat are made in fish broth. So you cannot escape.

[@jaybatsford]

Amazingly its only been since the Meiji restoration that Japan started to eat meats such as Beef, Pork or Chicken. Japan used to look down on foreigners for consuming animals as it was unheard of for domesticated animals that served another purpose to be killed for one or two meals.

[@SlaveOfDevas]

One more not so funny fact the Buddhists themselves had a vegetarian diet

[@meropale]

It's odd to me that vegetarian food would be expensive. Maybe because they have to prepare it apart.

[@sahilverma7045]

Vegitables are expensive in Japan,

[@isaiahminott]

Holy fuck she’s beautiful lol idk why I’m laughing at that so much

[@ougazu32]

Hell yeah she's outstanding

[@AshishAcharyaalex]

Vegeterian Indians going to Japan and being angry or disappointed that there is no vegetarian restaurant is like a Japanese guy being angry in India that there are not enough Sushi restaurant in Bareily . If you are in Japan at least eat fish. It is a small island archipelago with little or no farm land . Where would they get dhokla and samosha for you ? I am a Hindu Vegetarian and I know that in all of the scriptures fish are called fruits of the sea so as a vegetarian Hindu you can eat fish.

[@unon735]

omg that's so helpful here i was watching Japan food vlogs all like woaaahhh take me there not realizing Vegetarian options are not that vast

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

Ask about vegan food!

[@thepatriot47]

Shes Indian and vegetarian, just like me!!!!!!!!

[@karmaoutlaw]

Me too, only vegan. 🫶

[@aaradhyasingh8111]

Frfr

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

Yea!!

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

I used to be vegetarian too then I learned about the egg and dairy industries. Did you know male cows are taken from their mothers and sold to the veal industry? The dairy industry is the meat industry, which I’m sure you’re against as a vegetarian . Watch dairy is scary to learn more

[@whereis.mishuu]

Hahah yes! Indian vegetarian team 👍🏻

[@Fredeatsgrandmas]

Yes, when I was in Japan finding vegetarian options was very hard and I didn’t get to try a lot of the popular foods there :( still had a great time !

[@attilanagy3910]

she is like starlight from the ,,the boys,, but indian edition, so gorgeaus

[@VK-wf9qe]

Indian Hindu/Sikh vegetarians eat dairy and honey but avoid eggs and meat.

[@zukodude487987]

People are so meatcentric all over the world its crazy.

[@ninak8655]

shes so pretty omg

[@potatobraus9098]

She’s so pretty! 😍☺️

[@shubhank5409]

Cringe

[@questions_answered]

India is a heaven for vegan people. Yes no broth,no bullion,nothing from animal killing. Milk and dairy product are used. Even meat eaters don't eat meat daily once or twice a week. Also we don't cut and eat vegetables. Indian 1000+ of vegan recipes and its cheap to make and taste better than meat.

[@Vidisha00]

India is heaven for vegetarians not vegans .

[@questions_answered]

@@Vidisha00 of course we use butter,ghee in cooking sometimes milk or curd. But it can be easily substituted and South Indian dishes don't use that much milk or it's products in cooking

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

​@@questions_answeredmilk butter ect are not vegan. You guys always get this wrong. Learn the difference before speaking

[@questions_answered]

@@tyrannicalbigtech5842 I know that is why most Indian are not vegan. But u can easily substitute butter and ghee

[@it6647]

The people in the comments are bringing up how it's not vegan to consume milk products That is true However even here India has a distinct advantage since a lot of milk here is not factory farmed but produced as a secondary source of income for the farmer, someone that actually takes care of their cattle unlike a lot of factory farms that just cram the cattle inside a small space and stress them out

[@elenakursteiner4729]

Takashi is Cute,it's the main Thing 😊😅😂❤❤

[@sekaijin8193]

Yeah cute but have you heard his laugh? 😅

[@io100x100]

She is soo pretty!

[@SamSam-qm1li]

She's beautiful

[@MrsLPAmy]

So, I'm vegan and have been living in Tokyo for a while. It's been okay but, just because I cook a lot. Finding something "just on the street" is quite hard but not impossible. I think it's getting better.

[@MultiHogy]

It's a robbery all over asia! How meat is cheaper than vegetables and tofu?😅

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

Meat is NOT cheaper than tofu. When I was in Japan I could get tofu for 29 cents. This was this year

[@anubizz3]

Once when vegetables cheaper in Asia than meat? If you want vegetables that taste like meat yeah..

[@ravikiran4495]

@@straberryshinigami15g97 Tofu's super expensive here in europe around 2.50-3.00 euros for 250 grams.

[@c3500ht]

日本の野菜は品質にとても拘ります。 農業従事者が労働力に見合った対価を求めるのは、決して間違ったことではありません。 それは果物も同じです。

[@IAmTheGlovenor]

Says it's expensive. Decides to use the option that makes it even more expensive than just getting it from the place 🤦‍♂️

[@jjalessandro1234]

I love indian food. It is very flexible for vegan and vegetarian

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

I used to be vegetarian, but then I learned about the egg and dairy industries and now I’m vegan. I was vegan in Japan! Watch dairy is scary. I’m vegan because no woman should have to be forcibly impegranated and have their babies stolen from them as what happens in the dairy industry.

[@anubizz3]

Is that include a plant also?

[@Red-Clover_]

Research how terrible vegan products are on the envirement and the land that it is grown on

[@artemisa1523]

A cow isn't a woman 🤦. Is okey if you think is cruel and wrong but don't be delusional. Only people can be woman ir man, not animals. There are other words that works for animals and humans to like "female" and "male".

[@dawnriddler]

you do realise the whole purpose of those animals is consumption? if we didn't consume them for food or goods, they wouldn't exist

[@anubizz3]

@iwishiwerealien but you stepping on ant.