Will a Vegetarian survive in Japan?
 

This may be a stupid question, but im so curious.
Ive been a vegetarian for almost 4 years now, and i really want to stick with it.
But, i also want to make my life in Japan when im out of college.

Is anyone on here a vegetarian and living there?

If so do you think itll be harder, or the same as it is now?

The main question is, do you eat fish at all? If not, you might what to check out the 'visiting Japan with a severe seafood allergy'(there's a search box at the top of the forum) thread as it will cover much the same points. Also try searching 'vegetarian' in the same box; this question's been answered several times before.

If you do eat fish you should be fine. Just perhaps learn the words for types of meat so you know how to avoid them on a menu.

As for living there, well you'll presumably be cooking for yourself which will make things easier, although i'd bank on eating a higher ratio of starchy foods and tofu as fresh fruit n veg is quite expensive and is hard to find sold in bulk. You'd need to get good at knowing when the week-day sales are on to make your yen stretch. Again it boils down to the fish/no fish thing. If you don't eat fish, I'd anticipate it being much more difficult than it currently is for you initially, but if you're a good cook and adaptable with your diet, you should be able to find ways of eating that will suit your compass.

it'll be a bit harder to live in Japan. But the longer you live there the more you'll know which food are for vegetarian =)
unfortunately im not living in Japan or a vegetarian.. :S
I wrote this in the other thread.
Chew on Fruit and eat Japanese Buns when you are unsure xD

I can't imagine it harder than to be a vegetarian and live in an Arab country. I still wonder how I could survive lol.

Good luck ^^

Thank you everyone :)

Vegetarian n Japan? no problem!
japanese food contains a lot of vegetables and in retaurants you can sk them to serve you the dish without meat

Not that simple. It appears you weren't aware that stock was made from dried fish in Japan.

which stock do u mean?
I meant japanese cuisine has already a lot of vegetables in it so it s easy to remove the meat and it will still taste good

Why it tastes good?Sashimister will tell you.

But the base may be chicken, beef, pork, or fish. That's why it tastes good.