A sit-down plant-based sushi restaurant in Shoto (near Shibuya) where every piece is made without seafood or animal products, so there is no fish dashi to worry about. It is not gluten-free (soy sauce and some components contain wheat); reservations are recommended and the venue opened its permanent location in late 2025.
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Vegan
私はヴィーガンです。肉・魚・卵・乳製品は食べられません。
Watashi wa vīgan desu. Niku, sakana, tamago, nyūseihin wa taberaremasen.
I'm vegan. I can't eat meat, fish, eggs or dairy.
出汁に魚やかつおは使っていますか？Is there fish or bonito in the dashi (stock)?
野菜だけで作れますか？Could you make it with vegetables only?
Plant-based nigiri and sushi sets using vegetable alternatives to fish
Vegan Sushi Tokyo occupies a small, sit-down counter on a quiet residential street in Shoto, about a ten-minute walk from Shibuya Station -- a proper sushi restaurant built entirely without fish, shellfish, egg, or dashi, not a vegetarian side option bolted onto a regular menu. It opened this permanent shop in December 2025 after roughly a year and a half running as a pop-up, and now holds a 4.8 rating across 700-plus Google reviews.
The kitchen's ¥3,800 set is how most people order, and it's worth going in without preconceptions about what "sushi" needs to include. A nigiri that looks and tastes uncannily like ikura turns out to be built from seaweed; shiitake mushroom nigiri carries real umami weight and a meaty bite; myoga adds a sharp, palate-clearing snap between richer pieces. A "kaba" nigiri layers creamy mountain yam over tofu for something closer to unagi's texture than you'd expect, and a soy-based scrambled-egg piece is convincing enough to catch first-timers off guard. A ¥5,300 set adds a yuzu drink and dessert; a ¥6,000 course swaps that for a short sake pairing instead.
The room plays it lighter than the food does -- retro-modern decor, bold vintage prints on the walls, and maneki-neko cat figures dotted around a space that feels collected over time rather than designed in one go.
Two things worth knowing before you go. Dinner is reservation-only through the restaurant's own booking site, and a same-day no-show carries a ¥3,000-per-person cancellation fee -- this is a small kitchen running tight covers. Lunch, by contrast, takes walk-ins from 11:30am to 3:30pm. The restaurant is credit-card only; bring a card, not cash. And while the standard menu isn't gluten-free (soy sauce and tempura batter both contain wheat), a dedicated ¥3,900 gluten-free set exists if you ask for it by name rather than assume the regular set will work. English menus and English-speaking staff make ordering straightforward either way.
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