Vegan Japan

Features more then 110 100% pure vegetarian/vegan restaurants in Japan's mayor cities, from Sapporo in the north, Sendai, TOKYO, Nagoya, KYOTO, OSAKA, all the way to tropical Okinawa.

Each restaurant has one page with text and detailed restaurant information, public transport information, detailed menu and ingredient information, photo's, and a clear map designed to lead you from the nearest public transport to the restaurant.
A ranking system which gives a restaurant one or two stars, might help you choose a restaurant.

All restaurants have been personally visited and ingredients have been thoroughly checked, from the obvious fish stock to honey in cookies.

The appendix offers an additional list with detailed information of another 30 veggie restaurants in smaller towns that were not visited, but which have been carefully checked for their ingredients by telephone.

Especially for the non-japanese veggie visitor comes a handy two-page list with japanese sentences and words useful in restaurants and convenience shops, a four-page Survival Guide with tips for getting a veggie meal when there isnt a veggie restaurant, and a list with explanation and photo's of Vegan Convenience Survival Food, including potato chips and sorbet ice !

Japan Vegan Restaurant Pocketguide
Author : Herwin Walravens
Full Color, maps, bilingual, 164 pages, 151 restaurants
Published Februari 2009
Publisher : Children of the CARROT publishing company
Price : 1600 yen (+ 80 yen tax)
ISBN : 978-90-813822-1-2

order

price : (book 1600 + tax 80 + postage 290=) 1970 yen
outside japan = 20 USD + postage 10 USD = 30 USD

It takes two weeks for delivery. Express mail by EMS only takes 3 to 4 days and costs 10 USD extra.

Please e-mail the address where Pocketguide has to be send to.
payments can be done with Paypal.

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AUGUST 2010 UPDATES

In August 2010 we have checked ALL RESTAURANTS in the Japan Vegan Restaurant Pocketguide to see if a restaurant is still open or closed.With these new updates your pocketguide will be fully updated.

We didn't check though if the opening hours have changed or not, so if going to a far away restaurant it's wise to check.

We ALSO checked out the new restaurants and made a small list with these NEW veggie restaurants of Japan's cities (see bottom webpage). As you can see Tokyo has some pretty exciting new veggie restaurants...and also Osaka and Hiroshima have two new veggie places.

CLOSED SHOPS

Tokyo
page 24, Cafe Alive
page 27, Asuka
page 28, Der Akkord
page 36, Vegitariano is closed, instead there is a new branch of the vegetarian Chien Fu
page 37, Cafe 8
page 41, J's Kitchen
page 46, Non
page 51, Vege Canteen
page 63, Hono Cafe
page 64, Setagaya Mama

Kanto
pagen 65, Chaya Yokohama
page 68, Chaya Kamakura

Kyoto
page 81, Rock And Do
page 72, Veggie Sweets
page 80, Okutan

Osaka
page 98, Maman Terrace

Okinawa
page 110, Ii-en
page 112, Warahondo
page 114, Goocuru Cafe
Page 116, Salon Cuttho

Nagoya
page 118, Chen Fu
page 119, Kataron

Sapporo
page 125, Xi Fang

Rest of Japan
page 135, Jamu Lounge
page 137, Cafe Rire
page 137, Marugoto
page 137, Woodmoon

SHOPS THAT HAVE CHANGED ADRES
page 22, Melissa has been upgraded and moved to a new adres in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. New name : Argutha. New website www.argutha.com Check it out.
page 45, Hanada Rosso moved to Omote Sando ! Vegan and great place.
page 100, Cafe Prana moved to Human Building, 2F, Minami Senba 3-1-8, Chuu-oo Ku, Osaka city.

SPECIAL NOTES
page xiii, map Okinawa. The numbers 6,7,8 and 9 are incorrect, and should be 5,6,7 and 8 ! >_<
page 32, Garden Cafe started serving meat.
page 42, Eat More Greens changed menu and gets one "star" extra
page 52, Vegan Peace Hearts Cafe did become Vegan Healing Cafe
page 73, although the website closed, Vege Note continues to be open.
page 84, Cafe Proverbs has changed its vegan menu into a vegetarian menu.
page 101, Cafe Millet changed opening times into wednesday morning/
page 104, Cafe Pino continues to be open.
page 135, Shadey Oak closed it's website but the restaurant is open as usual.
page 137, vegan restaurant Komenoko in Tokyo has now a website ; http://komenoko.com

NEW VEGETARIAN / VEGAN RESTAURANTS

Tokyo
Taiwa Shoshoku Sanchou
Lounge Fundo
Meu Nota
Rainbow Bird Rendezvouse
Rainbow Rawfood Cafe
Shoutennnen Tokyo
Sikisaichaya Hana
Vacanteen
Little Heaven
Asahi
Macrobiotic Nezunoya did close two years ago and recently re-opened.

Kyoto
Earth Shokudo

Osaka
Minto
Genmai Harmony
Shama

Nagoya
Pupu Kitchen

Hiroshima
Vegan Cafe
Maison de Croisant

Nagano
Roots Cafe

What People Say About The Pocketguide...

Dr Mitsuru Kakumoto
president Japan Vegetarian Society
your book is very useful for vegans and vegetarians. It is my pleasure to recommend this book.

Rie (Tokyo)
Greetings !
I just want to say thank you for publising such a brilliant book named Vegan Restaurant Pocket guide , which I got to know about thru my friend, who is a member of PETA ASIA.

I bought a copy and I already visited 4 restaurants in Tokyo,and I intend to visit all of them hopefully!

Because I try to dine at places in many locations in the book, i started to call my friends who live near the place that I haven't been in touch with for years, so I can not only have a tasty time at a new vege restaurant,but also actually meet with someone i would not have called otherwise!

Your book is amazing.
I will 100% positive about buying a new edition if coming!

Staf & Katja (Belgium)
Just wanted to let you know that you’re book was worth every euro! I’m sure that without it we would not have found all these restaurants as easily as we did now! Thanks!

first edition of the Vegan Restaurant Pocketguide, 80 pages, 51 shops, black/white, sold out.