Is it hard to be vegan in Japan? // ビーガンの人が日本に住むのは難しいですか？ 

who are the two japanese vegan youtubers? :)

@@justineg.1400 Still waiting!!!

@@justineg.1400 The only that I know is Peaceful Cuisine. He is a fabulous chief who makes visually and audibly therapeutic vegan version videos of many popular dishes.

It isn't just Japan. Here in the USA, people still don't know what it means. I went to MOD pizza once and asked the person if their crust was vegan, and he pulled out a container with crust and said it was gluten free. And I was like..."great, what does that have to do with being vegan?" His co-workers laughed at him at this point. Another time I went to Starbucks and asked the woman at the counter what she would recommend for vegan drinks, and she said "I would recommend the water". To be fair, she was like 60+ years old, and older people here in the US are actually not wise, despite what people think.

@@cleoraasaran9957 sorry, but no-one thinks US people are smart...like just nope. the population and its politics, the educational and health care system just don't make for a great educating environment, so only the rich get a good education, and they are blinded by classicism anyway .....

@@blonduose lol, yeah. I figured as much. It is sad how uneducated people are, I think the rich understand it is easier to control people who are uninformed or just lambs. Which is why they probably keep trying to pay republicans to do away with public education and go fully private or where you have to pay to have education. They want to make a business out of everything, and the only people who will prosper are the people who already have money.

Yeah the translator is awesome! More vegan videos to come! Stay tuned!

Peya Beshovska I totally agree. Hannah is great on camera and has incredible technical skills too. I love her channel!

Thanks so much! Just striving to make my videos bette every time. I'm glad you like it!

Hahaha I was going to mention it but thought that me eating it at the start was enough of a mention.

Oh Vietnam is lovely! Their food is quite fresh and usually based around vegetables so hopefully you’ll find a lot of things you can eat :)

Currently Hannah I binge watched all your Vietnam posts and am sooooo excited!!! My husband has to work in Hanoi for a week so we thought we'd build a trip around it. Actually visiting Singapore, Vietnam and Hong Kong. We have a month so lots of time for adventure 🐱

Oh amazing! Have the best time there! I loved my trip to Vietnam! Sounds like you’ve got a great trip ahead!

Yep! Very very useful when reading the label!

Pescatarian is pretty much normal diet in Japan 😂

I’m so glad this has helped easy your mind a little bit. Convenience stores are your friends, always.

Satsuma nuts with dairy? Lol that’s so strange

You so right! There are way more options than people realise. I’ve even eaten a decent amount at an Izakaya with friends! Ps: I went to Ain Soph in Ginza but I can’t wait to eat at Ripple soon!

Yes I think I’ll do a video like that next! A grocery store haul and then maybe emergency vegan snacks from convenient stores?

Kitty George also, killing 3 people a day in order to attend their funerals seems like quite some effort for some food

Oh I definitely will be! Glad to know someone else wants to see it too haha

Thanks so much! That’s really encouraging to hear!

hiro I think she is Australian but I cannot be sure

zapisana kartka fruit are typically priced individually or in packs at set prices. They also come in different grades / sizes. For example I can buy a simple pack of 3 to 5 bananas at 100 yen. Or go for a higher renowned brand, bigger bananas of similiar quantity for 500 yen. Similiarly you can buy a single apple for 100 yen or find a larger one individually wrapped with cushioning for 1500. There are some extreme prestigious fruit more designed for gifting that cost hundreds of dollars too. I'm not sure about your country but where I am from it's usually weighed and you pay based on weight. If I remember, next time I'm in a supermarket I'll record some prices and post.

Prices in local supermarket: All in yen after tax, note that many stores like to show before tax in a big number and after tax (which may be slightly inaccurate, I think it depends on your final shopping bill and rounding) in a smaller number. Current Exchange Rate at time of writing 100 yen = 91 cents USD *Apples* 170 - Fuji Apple (red) each 537 - Fuji Apple four pack. 537 - Shinano Gold (I'd call green) for like three. *Oranges* 321 - Plastic container of American ”hand peel-able oranges" (about 4) 537 - a bag of Mineora (about 5) Another fruit that I can only say is "uwabankan", I have no idea... looks like a yellow version of a ponkan, a full orange sized mandarin. 429 - bag of 5. *Bananas* 45 - an individual banana (wrapped in plastic too, bit weird) 105 - the smaller bunch (3 to 5 depending on the sizes of individual bananas) 198 - a bunch from Doll I think there are 4 to 6 in one bag 298 - Narekko bananas, 4-6 in one bag *Mango* There are single mangoes selling at 429 and "lesser" ones sold in pairs also for 429 *Melon* 518 - Canary melon and cantaloupe (can buy pre-cut as well for 321) *Watermelon* 2138 - a whole watermelon. They seem to be wrapped in ribbons at the moment. *Pre-cut* 321 or 429 for pre-cut assortments including strawberries, melon and pineapple. 429 for a pre cut pineapple too. *Kiwifruit* 106 - Single Green (Zespri, from NZ :D) 321 - 4x above 170 - Single Gold (Jumbo, also Zespri) I've seen a Chinese brand too but not when I looked tonight.

Thank you for the effort! :D Now I see that it is not that expensive as i heard, it seems affordable, i heard that you can pay 4,300 yen for 15 strawberries and I was bewildered! you're probably right saying that it depend on where you buy it ayy I'm glad to hear that ^^ Thank you again!

zapisana kartka I don’t remember buying a punnet of 8 strawberries for more than 600 yen. You were probably told about famous/rare ones. You can go strawberry picking for (depending on the month) 1800 to 1200. (December until end of May, earlier is more expensive, no limits advertised) or 2000 to 1400 yen (different farm advertises a 30 minute limit, all you can eat). A client of mine have stated they pigged out and ate like 500 strawberries in that time as a teenager. On the other side of the fence you can buy strawberries that weigh 70g-80g each for 10,000. These are as big as your palm of your hand. I’ve even that you can buy a single strawberry for 50,000 too. So, if you know what you are doing it’s cheap. But there are insane opposite sided of the fence (gift) ones too.

Kai Kai in U.S. late response , also i’m not hannah lol ^-^ , but i read your comment and saw that she didn’t reply, so i thought i should :) . ok , so basically there are three types of vegans . - the “only-vegan-for-health-reasons” vegan some people would actually not call these people vegans since they still purchase products that induce animal cruelty e.g. makeup and cleaning products etc . instead they would be referred to as “ plant based “ . plant based eaters go “vegan” for their health and not for the well being of animals , as opposed to the “ ethical vegan “ . - the ethical vegan these people are vegan for the animals . they see hypocrisy in how we love some animals ( e.g. cats or dogs ) yet cruelly torture and kill others for food . they have come to realise that there is no such thing as ethical meat , egg or dairy products . ( ^ this may come as a surprise but eggs and dairy are just as cruel and gruesome as the meat industry , if not more ^ . ) they think that all beings should have the right to life since we , as humans, have moral consciousness and also do not need animal products to survive or thrive as opposed to a tiger or a lion . ( they do also acknowledge the health and environmental benefits of being vegan and see this as even more reason to continue being vegan . ) - the environmentalist vegan these people are vegan because see how much destruction animal industries cause to the earth and do not want to contribute to such a thing . they have come to understand that eating animal products is not sustainable , especially meat . these vegans also tend to be conscious of the ethical and health reasons of veganism . if you’re interested to learn more , the following are some youtube channels i’d recommend for further info on vegan : - health • mic the vegan • goji man • nutritionfacts.org - food / recipes • rachel ama • pick up limes • mina rome • caitlin shoemaker • the easy vegan - ethics • earthling ed ( such a fan of him ahhh ^-^ ) • vegan gains ( kinda controversial , ooh ) • benny the vegan • cosmic skeptic ( he looks at veganism from a philosophical point of view which i love as an environmentally conscious ethical vegan . ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C1vW9iSpLLk.html - environment there aren’t that many environmental vegan channels :( ( perhaps i haven’t looked hard enough , though ) but there are a lot of really eye opening documentaries on climate change and veganism , like this one : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wthTmQHmuZ0.html i apologise if i didn’t get my properly get my point across and if you weren’t able to understand some of my language :( . i’m really glad that you are interested in learning more , or at least you were when you wrote this a year ago lol . basically what this comment boils down to is that “ we don’t need to harm living beings to have good health . “ hope you have a good day ^-^

gosh , sorry , i’m only now realising how long this is . oops .

Oh amazing! Thank you so much!

Sav-Chan some people can be allergic to non vegan foods so maybe they will respect it more if you just say you can’t eat ___ people can even be allergic to red meat after tick bites which are really common now days so if you’re okay with lying so you don’t seem picky then do so lol but do your best💕

But you do have other options..... there are vegan restaurants and you won’t die if you go to a combini. I don’t quite understand how people can be so wish washy with their morals.

and yes Being able to read very basic Japanese is a huge game changer (y)

Keeen for the rest of this vegan series

and to be a part of it ;))

Google translate

If you live in a city, you’ll be fine! It only becomes a big issue if you’re living in the rural area.

Several magical local phrases help you stick to the precious life-long devotion even in a rural area.

“I was tooken by surprise.” 😂

Well if you buy the fruit that 's supposed to be served as a gift then it'll be over $100 but no one buys them just while grocery shopping hahaha. Watermelon actually isn't crazy expensive. I saw it in the store yesterday for 1/4 large cut for about 300yen. Standard "Japanese" vegetables like daikon, mushrooms, lettuce, potatos, even cucumbers are pretty cheap. The expensive ones are just the ones that don't grow locally in Japan like cauliflower etc. It's not as bad as you'd expect.

Danke

Yeah it’s not great but it’s good enough to give you the general gist of the ingredients.

Yeah it was something that surprised me as something vegans don't eat too (when I first became vegan). Some vegans aren't particularly fussed by eating it but others are. Whatever floats your boat I guess.