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Do you know which city has the best food in Japan?

Do you know which city has the best food in Japan? 18 June is Sustainable Gastronomy Day. Today, I would like to introduce you to Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture, the only city in Japan to be recognized as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. It means that Tsuruoka City is the best food city in Japan. The food is delicious, and the city offers many attractive tourist attractions. Please consider a trip to Tsuruoka City on your next trip to Japan. Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture has many food, including rice, vegetables, edible wild plants, mushrooms from the Shonai Plain and many mountains, and seafood from the Sea of Japan. The city has a unique food culture, including developing vegetarian cuisine by monks practicing asceticism on the three mountains of Dewa and more than 60 varieties of conventional crops. Some of the ‘conventional crops’ are famous throughout Japan, such as ‘Moso-dake,’ a brand of bamboo shoots, and ‘Dadacha mame,’ a brand of edamame (green soybeans). I love the city of Tsuruoka and have visited several times. As a tourist attraction, I recommend the five-story pagoda at Mount Hagurosan, which is a national treasure. The five-story pagoda was built aboutread moreDo you know which city has the best food in Japan?

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kyushu & Okinawa)

  english If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Kyushu region and Okinawa from a list of about 40 restaurants on food review sites. 繁体中文   如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。 不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。 我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 40 家位於九州地區和沖縄的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳 1. Ukishima Garden (Okinawa) Cuisine International Opening Hours 11:30~15:00, 18:00~22:00 Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL http://ukishima-garden.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ukishima_garden_okinawa/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UkishimaGarden/   2. Lilly Valley (Fukuoka) Cuisine Café Opening Hours Weekdays: 11:00~19:00 Saturday 10:00~18:00 Regular Holiday Sunday and national Holiday Instagram https://www.instagram.com/riribari/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lily-Valley-500195700060362/   3. Mexican Restaurant TORTACOS (Kumamoto)             この投稿をInstagramで見る                       TORTACOS(@tortacos.kumamoto)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Mexican Opening Hours Lunch (only weekdays) : 11:30~14:00 (L.O.) Dinner 18:00~23:00 (L.O.) Regular Holiday Sundayread more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kyushu & Okinawa)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Chugoku & Shikoku)

  english If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Chugoku and Shikoku regions from a list of about 20 restaurants on food review sites. 繁体中文   如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。 不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。 我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 20 家位於中国和四国地區的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳 1. Nagataya (Hiroshima) Cuisine Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) Opening Hours 11:00~20:00 Regular Holiday Every other Tuesday URL http://www.nagataya-okonomi.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nagataya.jp/ 2. Taiko Udon (Hiroshima) Cuisine Udon Opening Hours 11:00~15:00 (L.O. 14:45) 17:30~21:00 (L.O. 20:30) Regular Holiday Monday URL http://www.taiko-udon.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/taiko_udon/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/taikoudon2016 3. Organic café & kitchen kissa saeki (Hiroshima) Cuisine Café Opening Hours [Mon to Fri] 10:00~18:00 [Sat, Sun, National Holiday] 10:00~17:00 Irregular Holiday Every other Saturday URL https://kissa-saeki.com/menu-organic/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kissa.saeki Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kissa_saeki/   4. HIBINOKATE (Totori) Cuisine Café Opening Hours 11:00~15:00, 17:00~21:00 Regular Holiday Sunday URL http://hibinokate.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hibinokateyonago Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hibinokate82   5.read more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Chugoku & Shikoku)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Osaka)

  english If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Osaka from a list of about 45 restaurants on food review sites. 繁体字   如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。 不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 45 家位於大阪的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳。   1. aglio-olio Cuisine Curry Opening Hours [ Sun・Thu・Fri・Sat] 11:30~15:00 (L.O.14:30) Regular Holiday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Facebook https://www.facebook.com/namba.aglio.olio   2. Sousou Cuisine Natural Foods Opening Hours 11:00~15:00 (L.O 14:00) 17:00~22:00 (L.O. 21:00) Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting Regular Holiday Monday, Tuesday URL http://www.repos-de.com/sousou Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sousou_hirakata Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shop.repos   3. Natural kitchen Medaka Cuisine Japanese Opening Hours 11:00~20:30 Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL http://www.shin-medaka.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/medaka.official   4. Sangmi Cuisine Japanese Opening Hours 11:00〜21:00(L.O.20:30) Regular Holiday Sunday URL https://sangmi.jp/shop/kyobashi/ Instagramread more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Osaka)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kyoto)

      english   If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Kyoto from a list of about 40 restaurants on food review sites. 繁体中文   如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。 不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。 我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 40 家位於京都的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳 1. Miyakoyasai KAMO             この投稿をInstagramで見る                       都野菜 賀茂(@miyakoyasaikamo_)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Vegetables Opening Hours [Morning] 8:00~10:00 [Lunch] 10:30~16:00 [Dinner] 17:00~22:00 Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL https://nasukamo.net/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/miyakoyasaikamo_/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasukamochan/ Note This is a buffet style restaurant using vegetables grown in Kyoto. Fish broth (Dashi)  is used in dishes and miso soup.   2. Tofu Ine Cuisine Tofu Opening Hours 11:00~18:00 Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change so please checkread more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kyoto)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kansai excluding Kyoto and Osaka)

  2. Modernark pharm café (Hyogo) Cuisine Café Opening Hours [Sun~Thu] 11:30~19:00 (L.O. 18:00) [Fri・Sat・a day before holidays] 11:30~20:00(L.O.19:00) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL http://modernark-cafe.chronicle.co.jp/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/modernark_cafe/   3. Nya binghi (Nara) Cuisine Natural Food Opening Hours 12:00~20:00 Regular Holiday Tuesday Facebook https://m.facebook.com/nyabinghi.ikoma/?locale2=ja_JP   4. NORTHSHORE CAFE&DINING (Hyogo) Cuisine Dining & Café Opening Hours 10:00~18:00 (L.O. 17:00) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL http://northshore.jp/access_suma.html Instagram https://www.instagram.com/northshore.suma/   5. Nagisa WARMS (Shiga) Cuisine Macrobiotic/ Italian Opening Hours 10:00~16:00(15:00 L.O.) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL http://nagisawarms.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nagisawarms/   6. PARIWAR (Nara)           この投稿をInstagramで見る                       パリワール生駒(@spicepariwar)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Indian Opening Hours [Lunch] 12:00〜14:30 [Dinner] 18:00〜20:30 Regular Holiday Wednesday Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spicepariwar/   7. NORTHERN EIGHT COFFEE (Hyogo)           この投稿をInstagramで見る                       ノーザンエイトコーヒー(@northerneightcoffee)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Café Opening Hours [Weekdays] 9:00~18:00 [Weekends] 8:00~18:00 Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visitingread more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kansai excluding Kyoto and Osaka)

10 Best Vegan Restaurants (Chubu)

  english    If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Chubu Region from a list of about 70 restaurants on food review sites.   繁體字         如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。 我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 70 家位於中部地區的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳。   1. South Indian Food Restaurant KARNATAKA (Aichi) Cuisine Indian Opening Hours 【Tue~Sun】11:00~14:00, 17:30~21:30 (L.O. 21:00) Regular Holiday Monday, the First and third Tuesday of Every month URL http://www.masaladosa.jp/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Karnataka.masaladosa/       2. LONGING HOUSE Karuizawa (Nagano)               この投稿をInstagramで見る                       野菜がおいしいレストラン LONGING HOUSE(@longing_no1)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Curry, vegetable Opening Hours Breakfast 7:30-9:30 (L.O.)Lunch 11:30-13:30(L.O.)Dinner 18:00-20:00(L.O) IrregularHoliday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL https://longinghouse.jp/restaurant/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/longinghouse.official/ 3. Hosizukiyo (Aichi)read more10 Best Vegan Restaurants (Chubu)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kanagawa)

       english   If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Kanagawa Prefecture from a list of about 90 restaurants on food review sites.       繁体字   如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。   不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。   我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 90 家位於神奈川縣的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳     1. Shikajaya Cuisine Tofu dishes Opening Hours 11:00~14:15(L.O), 16:30~18:45(L.O) URL http://www.shikajaya.com/index2.html Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shikajaya.hakoneyumoto 2. Ryushanhai Cuisine Ramen Opening Hours [Weekday] 11:00 – 22:00 (L.O.21:30) [Sat] 11:00 – 22:30 (L.O.22:00)                                [Sun & Holidays] 10:30 – 22:00 (L.O. 21:30) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL https://ryushanhai.com/ Note Vegetarian Ramen (vegan) is recommended   3. Kamakura 24sekki           この投稿をInstagramで見る      read more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Kanagawa)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Tokyo)

english If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Tokyo from a list of about 400 restaurants on food review sites.       繁体字    如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。 不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。 我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 400 家位於東京的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳。       1. WE ARE THE FARM Cuisine Vegetables Opening Hours 【Tue~Sun】11:30~15:00 (14:30 L.O.) 17:00~23:00 (22:30 L.O.) Regular Holiday Monday URL https://www.allfarm.co.jp/farm-restaurants Instagram https://www.instagram.com/official.wearethefarm/     2. BiOcafe Cuisine Café Opening Hours 11:30〜15:0018:00〜19:00 Irregular Holiday New Year’s Day URL http://www.biocafe.jp/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/biocafe_shibuya_official/   3. EdiTion Koji Shimomura Cuisine French Opening Hours 12:00~15:00(L.O.13:00) 18:00~22:30(L.O.19:30) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please check with the store before visiting URL http://www.koji-shimomura.jp/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/edition_koji_shimomura_tokyo/ Note Vegan Menu is available by reservation.   4. Mr.FARMER Cuisine Vegetables Opening Hours 9:00~20:00(LO19:00) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so pleaseread more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Tokyo)

10 BEST Vegan Restaurants (Kanto: excluding Tokyo and Kanagawa)

        english   If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Kanto Region from a list of about 80 restaurants on food review sites.   繁体字     如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。   不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。   我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 80 家位於關東地區的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳   1. Lapinnoir Kurousagi (Saitama) Cuisine  Bread Opening Hours 10:00~17:00 Regular Holiday Tuesday, Friday URL https://www.lapin-noir.co.jp/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lapinnoir_kurousagi/ 2. ALISHAN Café (Saitama)             この投稿をInstagramで見る                       Alishan Organic Center(@alishanorganic)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Vegetables Opening Hours 11:30~18:00 Regular Holiday Tuesday, Wednesday URL http://alishan-organics.com/Alishan2014_organics/about-alishan-cafe/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alishanorganic/ 3. Chojyuan (Saitama) Cuisine Udon Opening Hours 11:00~15:00 Regular Holiday Thursday URL https://twitter.com/chojyuanhanno 4. Asima (Gunma) Cuisine Curry Opening Hours 【Weekdays】11:00〜15:00【Weekends】11:00〜21:00 Regular Holiday Wednesday URL http://www.asima.jp/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/minakami_asima/  5. Ichian (Saitama) Cuisine Breadread more10 BEST Vegan Restaurants (Kanto: excluding Tokyo and Kanagawa)

10 Best Vegan restaurants (Hokkaido & Tohoku)

          ENGLISH   If you are vegan, you may find it difficult to find vegan options when you travel. When you are in Japan you will face unusual difficulties. For example dashi (fish broth) is used in almost every dish, and bonito flakes are frequently added to tofu recipes. However, there are many places in Japan that provide vegan menus too. You just need to know where to look. We have compiled our own analysis of the top 10 vegan restaurants in Hokkaido/Tohoku Region from a list of about 40 restaurants on food review sites.   繁体字中文     如果您是素食主義者,您可能會發現在旅行時很難找到適合您的素食餐廳。的確,在日本您可能會面臨著不同程度上的困難。例如幾乎所有食物都會使用魚湯,鰹魚片經常被添加到豆腐的食譜中等等。 不過,其實日本也有很多地方提供素食菜單,您只需要知道在哪,便能找適合您的素食餐廳。 我們從美食評論網站上分析了約 40 家位於東北地區和北海道的餐廳、並列出當地Top 10 的人氣素食餐廳 1. Japanese Cuisine Maruyama Kawanaka Cuisine Japanese  Opening Hours 【Lunch】11:30~15:00(L.O.14:00), 【Dinner】 18:00 – 22:00 (L.O.21:30) Regular Holiday Tuesday Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maruyamakawanaka/ Note Vegan Menu is available by reservation. During Lunch Time, Only cash is available  2. Natural Food Dining LOHAS           この投稿をInstagramで見る                       Natural Food Dining LOHAS(@rawfoodlohas)がシェアした投稿 Cuisine Sweets and Soba  Opening Hours   [Sun-Thu] 11:00-18:00 (LO 17:30), [Friday, Saturday, the day before national holidays] 11:00-16:00(LO15:30) 18:00-23:30(LO23:00) Irregular Holiday Business hours and holidays might change, so please checkread more10 Best Vegan restaurants (Hokkaido & Tohoku)