Author Archives: Jenny

Vegan in Seoul

My first ever trip to Korea was a bit of a mixed bag. I knew that we would be there in rainy season (July), but I lived in Vietnam before, I thought I could handle rainy season – one big, … Continue reading

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Cookbook of the Year: East

I don’t know how I used to make it through one cookbook every month! This year we have quite slowly worked our way through a lot of East by Meera Sodha, and I feel it deserves a blog post. I … Continue reading

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Vegan in Osaka

We originally only planned to spend one night in Osaka, as a convenient base when travelling to the Kumano Kodo. But as some of our Korean plans got rained off, we were back for a few more days and we … Continue reading

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Vegan in Kyoto: Everything Else

And here’s the miscellaneous, non-ramen, non-breakfast meals we had in Kyoto. It covers an exciting array of traditional Japanese dishes – we certainly ate well on this trip! Saga Tofu Ine This restaurant is located in Arashiyama, close to Tenryu … Continue reading

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Vegan in Kyoto: Breakfast

It’s just as hard in Japan as in Europe to find a breakfast spot that opens early. We did find a couple of solutions to that in Kyoto, and I’ll supplement the post by telling you about some of the … Continue reading

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Vegan in Kyoto: Ramen Round Up

We originally planned on only staying in Kyoto for two days – a shame, as we love Kyoto, but necessary if we wanted to spend more of our three weeks in Japan enjoying the outdoors in Hokkaido and on the … Continue reading

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Vegan on the Kumano Kodo

One of the highlights of our trip this summer was the five days we spent on the Kumano Kodo. This is an ancient pilgrimage route in Japan, similar to the more famous Camino de Santiago in Spain. While we are … Continue reading

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Vegan in Sapporo: Vegan French Restaurant L’Esperance

I’ve already complained once about a restaurant misleadingly named to suggest it’s fully vegan – I’m afraid this is another such place. Until about May, this place was all vegan, offering a vegan fine dining set menu. Then they introduced … Continue reading

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Vegan in Sapporo

After our brief stay in Hakodate, we spent a couple of nights at Lake Toya (a town with no reliable sounding vegan options) and then arrived in Sapporo, the biggest city in Hokkaido, ready to eat! Again, it was not … Continue reading

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Vegan in Hakodate: Yasai Bar Miruya

After Tokyo, we made our way north to Hokkaido with our first stop in Hakodate. We stayed there for two nights, but only ate at one spot – Yasai Bar Miruya. There are not loads of vegan options in Hakodate, … Continue reading

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