Vegetarian Food in Japan I Top 10 must try Vegetarian Dishes of Japan

I'm Swati and welcome to my channel. In this video I'm gonna talk about all the vegetarian food that I had in Japan. Yes, the vegetarian food that I had in Japan as this is the most asked question by people when they hear about my Japan travel. So without any further ado, let me show you the vegetarian food that I had in Japan and some apps to help you around. My top favorite was this bento box which is a single portion takeout meal very common in Japan. It comes in a small box which is divided in compartments to carry different food items. I was so happy to have discovered vegetarian bento box. The items look colorful and they tasted really good. I bought them a couple of times while traveling on a bullet train in Tokyo and I must admit they were the life savers on the long train journey. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients. Okonomi meaning how you like and yaki meaning cooked which is most commonly fried. It is like a Japanese pizza. I had it twice, once with cabbage and veggies and the second time with noodles and cheese. It was quite filling. I chose restaurants where it was made in front of me which is usually how it is made. So I knew exactly what was going inside it. Ramen and Udon both are wheat based noodles. Udon is thicker and ramen is thinner. I had both a couple of times and absolutely loved it. However, I had to be very cautious while ordering as the broth is often made from non-vegetarian items. So I am having a dango. It's like a rice dumpling. Good. Dango is a Japanese dumpling and sweet made from mochiko which is rice flour and it comes in different flavors. The one that I had is called mitarashi. It was a warm soft grilled mochi covered in a sweet soy sauce. I also tried hanami dango which is available during the cherry blossom season only. These scrumptious dangos I found almost everywhere even at the convenience stores. Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice. The rice is pounded into paste and molded into the desired shape. Fresh mochi. The mochi that I had was green tea flavor and it was filled with red bean paste. It tasted like a squishy marshmallow. I also had a strawberry mochi which was the best. Strawberry mochi is divine. Another level of amazingness in this strawberry mochi. Tempura is a Japanese food made from rice formed into different shapes. It's often wrapped in seaweed and contain meat or vegetable fillings. Tempura is a Japanese dish usually consisting of seafood or vegetable that have been battered and deep fried. Senbei is a type of Japanese rice crackers often savory and seldom sweet. Oyaki is also a Japanese dumpling made from fermented buckwheat dough wrapped around a stuffing of Japanese vegetable, fruit, bean paste etc. Happiness when you get something vegetarian to eat since morning. Tofu is an essential part of Japanese cuisine and is available in many varieties. I tried tofu and loved the quality and freshness of it. The two hotels that I stayed in Kawaguchiko and Nagano had served the best vegetarian dishes. It had so many varieties that I was pleasantly surprised. Managed to get something vegetarian here in Hakuba in a buffet and it's like tempura, fried vegetables, tofu, some salad and some rice. Finally got something to eat. So excited. I also dined in Indian restaurants which had vegetarian curries and naans. Everywhere we managed somehow to find vegetarian restaurants and in Kawaguchiko we found an Indian restaurant just opposite our hotel and now we are having aloo palak and garlic naan. We are happy because I was sure that I'm not gonna get anything vegetarian over here so now I'm relieved. Convenience stores in Japan are really good. They have loads of options for vegetarians as well. On most days I would go to one of these stores and pick up things to eat. My go-to meals were onigiri, dangos. There are varieties of food such as cut vegetables with hummus, pickled veggies and raw vegetables that can be cooked as well. Apart from that there are many fast food chains which always have something vegetarian to eat. In Japan I found that the food menu is displayed in real dummies outside many restaurants. So by looking at them, figuring out whether to go inside the restaurant or not was way easy. The only word I used and that everybody understood for vegetarian was vegetarian. The app which was useful while communicating especially at the local restaurants was Google Translate. Thank God for its offline version for the times when there was no signal. Then there is this app called Happy Cow that gives you options for vegetarian eat-outs around you. So you see I have got enough vegetarian food in Japan and I loved exploring the cuisine, trying out different items that I have never had before and thoroughly enjoyed each and every bit of it. Hope this video comes handy to you on your Japan travel. If you like this video please give it a big thumbs up and also do subscribe to the channel. See you! A quick meal from 7-11. I have picked this egg sandwich. Mozzarella, cheese, hot dog with potatoes. Just bought a melon pan and let's see how it is. Pan is filled with chocolate and banana. Having this Belgian waffle. Strawberry flavour.