Dining Green

Dining Green

Resources for the Tokyo veggie

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Restaurants and Cafés

Vege Cafe Guide
Vege Cafe Guide

Japan can be a difficult place to live la vida veggie—unless you know where to look. Kirasienne’s Vege Cafe Guide in Japan provides herbivorous readers of Japanese a comprehensive list of vegetarian and vegan cafés and restaurants located in all of Japan’s eight regions.

Available from Amazon and most Japanese bookstores. Want a free copy? Enter at .

For an English-language resource, try the Happy Cow (www.happycow.net), a directory of vegan, vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants and stores around the world—replete with reviews.

Supermarkets

Prefer eating at home? Check out these stores for vegetarian foods and ingredients.

Natural House in Aoyama
Natural House in Aoyama

Bonraspail. Branches in Shinjuku, Yokohama, Nagayama, etc. www.isefw.co.jp

Crayonhouse. 3-8-15 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku. Nearest station: Omotesando. www.crayonhouse.co.jp

F & F. Branches in Tamagawa, Gakugeidaigaku, Shinjuku, etc. www.shizensyoku-ff.com

Gaia. 3-3-13 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku. Nearest station: Ochanomizu. www.gaia-ochanomizu.co.jp

Kodawariya. Branches in Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Kichijoji, etc. www.kodawariichiba.com

Natural House. Branches in Aoyama, Meguro, Shimokitazawa, etc. www.naturalhouse.co.jp

Natural Mart. 5-19-5 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku. Nearest station: Hiroo. http://naturalmart.jp

Organic House. Branches in Ikebukuro, Yokohama and Oomiya. www.e-organichouse.com

Organic Wine Shop Mavie. 2-21-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku. Nearest station: Akasaka. www.mavie.co.jp

Waseda Natural Foods Shop. 51 Kikuicho, Shinjuku-ku. Nearest station: Waseda. www.waseda-natural.com