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Vegan in Tokyo: Zen

Generally I prefer to go to all-vegan restaurants when I’m travelling, both to support those businesses that usually desperately need it and to ensure there are no non-vegan mishaps. Zen is not all vegan, but we were looking for a … Continue reading

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Vegan in Tokyo: Tsuminaki Mapo Tofu

I’m not sure I’d even heard of mapo tofu before we visited Spicy Moon in New York, but since then Dr HH and I have been obsessed with it. We make it regularly at home, and if we are outside … Continue reading

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Vegan in Tokyo: Shiba Park Hotel

It was hard to resist the temptation to spend all our time in Tokyo revisiting our favourite spots, but somehow we did manage to get in a few new eateries too. I learned on social media about this hotel, which … Continue reading

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Vegan in Tokyo: Universal Bakes

Our attempt to visit more vegan bakeries on this trip to Tokyo continued (and basically finished) with a trip to not one but two branches of Universal Bakes. The two branches are about a 15 minute walk apart, and in … Continue reading

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Vegan in Tokyo: Vegan Sushi Tokyo

I’ve only just cleared my backlog of eateries from my trip to Asia last summer, and now it’s time for another round of Japan posts! We’ve previously visited in July 2019 and July/August 2024. One of our dreams was to … 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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