Vegetarian vocabularies for traveling in Japan

Original post is from www.suiis.com
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Thank you CHACHAGIRL and suiis.com :)

I only added in the English translation. Hopefully this is helpful.

*There is also a previous post with some translated Japanese notes on my blog - Post 

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素食者日本旅遊點餐必備詞彙
(Vegetarian vocabularies for traveling in Japan)

因為我不會說日文請您看下面的說明，很抱歉麻煩您了
(Since I don’t speak Japanese, could you please read the explanations below. Sorry for the trouble.)
(日本語はしゃべれないので、次の説明を読んでくださぃ，ご迷惑をかけて申し訳ございません)

我是素食者，不吃動物性以及魚貝類的東西
(I am a vegetarian, I don’t eat animal, fish and shell fish food products.)
(私は菜食主義ですが。　動物性と魚介類のものを食べません )

我不吃葱、大蒜、洋蔥及韭菜
(I don’t eat green onions, garlic, onions and chives.)
(葱、大蒜、玉葱、韮も食べません )

我可以吃蛋
(I eat eggs.)
(卵は大丈夫です )

我並不吃蛋
(I don’t eat eggs.)
(卵はだめです )

柴魚干或者是干貝所煮的湯汁也不行
(I don’t eat broth cooked from dried bonito or scallops.)
(鰹節とほたてを使った出汁もだめです )

這種醬油是否用柴魚干或者是干貝
(Is there bonito or scallop used in this sauce?)
(鰹節とほたてを使った醤油ですか？ )

是否可以麻煩你依照上述的條件準備餐點呢？
(Could I bother you to prepare the meal with the requests mentioned above?)
(お手数ですが　以上の条件で対応できますか )

生菜沙拉所用的醬汁是否添加動物性以及魚貝類 葱、大蒜、玉葱、韮的東西?
(Does this salad dressing contain animal products, fish, shellfish, green onions, onions, garlic, or chives?)
(サラダのドレシングは動物性、魚介類、.葱、大蒜、玉葱、韮のものが入っていますか？ )

我不要生菜沙拉的醬汁 請給我普通醤油(未用柴魚干或者是干貝)
(I don’t want salad dressing, please give me regular soy sauce (without bonito or scallops))
(サラダのドレシングのかわりに普通の醤油（鰹節とほたてを使っていない醤油）をください )

請問這個商品是否添加動物性以及魚貝類 葱、大蒜、洋葱、韮?
(Does this product/merchandise contain animal products, fish, shell fish, green onions, garlic  onions or chives?)
(この商品には動物性と魚介類のものエキス或は葱、大蒜、洋葱、韮が入っていますか )

　

Taiwan Trip - Part XIII - Japan Trip Day1 (Part1)

Day one of our short four day trip to Tokyo, Japan. It's my first time visiting Japan :) I was very excited.

Taipei International Airport - ready to fly out!


On the plane (JAL)




Up in the air~


Veggie Meal!! - It's honestly one of the best veggie meals on plane I've had. I finished it so fast and actually felt like having more.


Sweet and sour veggie meat and noodles


View of Tokyo


Landing at airport


Tokyo International Airport




It took a while for us to figure out where to go and where to buy tickets but it wasn't too awful, most of the time we just followed where everyone else was heading and the signs were pretty clear too.

There are tons of different trains which could get confusing but as long as you know where you are and where you're going, you should be able to figure out what tickets to buy from the map.

Train map/machine


Train tickets


Taking the Keikyo line out of the airport that also connects to the Yamanote Line(or the colour green line) which takes us to our hotel and most of the places we want to visit.

Keikyo line


Inside train


This is where we got off to transfer (sign of all lines)


Yamanote Line


We got off at the right station but it took us a while to locate our hotel. We were disoriented, didn't know which street to turn or which direction to go. I asked a couple random store people for help but they either couldn't communicate properly with me in English or were to busy to figure out the map I showed them. Finally a very nice pastry shop lady pointed us in the right direction :)

Hotel New Green - My brother booked this online for me. It's one of those business hotels mostly occupied by male business travelers.


Hotel room




Hotel window view


Hotel bed - when you book online, it usually gives you the dimensions of the bed. This bed just barely fitted the two of us.


My sister-in-law who studied and lived in Japan for many years helped us to write down some useful phrases in Japanese for getting vegetarian food and also some other general stuff like asking for some water or tea at the restaurant. The pictures I uploaded should be big enough for print outs. If anyone needs any more help in Japanese regarding vegetarian stuff traveling in Japan, let me know and I will see if my sister-in-law can help out.

Notes






Add-ons (this is for the Udon restaurant below)


After unloading our stuff at the hotel, we were both pretty hungry. Hanamaru Udon is one of the big chain udon restaurants in Japan that my bro and sister-in-law went to a lot. There was one a couple blocks away from our hotel.

Hanamaru Udon Restaurant


How it works is you go to the counter, order the udon you want and pick the sides you want. There are a bunch of different types of udon you can pick from, but I think most of them are non-vegetarian. There are also a lot of deep fried veggie tempura on the side you can get, and rice balls and egg as well. For the udon, you can pick one portion or more, I think one is a good amount and 2 is A LOT. The food price here is considered pretty cheap too.

Like any other restaurants we went to in Japan, we pretty much just walk up to the counter, and show the people the notes and wait for their responses :P It worked out pretty well.

Inside






Free add-ons


Plain udon with an egg


We got some veggie tempura, and a rice ball (lots of rice balls for vegetarian, and u can get them at any of convenient stores there. I love rice balls! The common vegetarian ones are seaweed, plum, and natto)