A tiny tatami-floored diner on the Shimokitazawa backstreets where every bowl of rich, medicinal-herb ramen is 100% plant-based and built on sprouted brown rice.
★ Gluten-free crust California pizza (vegan cheese option)
A Roppongi institution since 1996 where homesick Americans and coeliac travellers alike crowd the bar for craft beer and proper gluten-free crust pizza topped with vegan cheese.
The towering wooden-beamed izakaya that inspired Kill Bill's House of Blue Leaves, where lantern light conjures an Edo-era warehouse over plates of fresh soba and charcoal skewers.
★ 'Eel' sushi and namasu crafted entirely from tofu and burdock
A reservation-only tatami refuge where a chef who trained 25 years at Takayama's Kakusho turns the seasons into meat-free trompe-l'oeil — tofu that tastes like eel, burdock that becomes sushi.
AIN SOPH.'s flagship spreads across four Ginza floors, where a ground-floor patisserie of vegan pudding gives way to refined plant-based courses upstairs.
★ Seasonal shojin kaiseki paired with sake and wine, refreshed every three weeks
A refined Roppongi shojin restaurant led by chef Daisuke Nomura, formerly of two-Michelin-starred Daigo, pairing plant-based Zen cuisine with carefully chosen sake and wine.
★ Kuchifuku set — nine seasonal vegan sides with rice and miso soup
A casual, affordable vegan cafeteria run by a Kamakura temple lineage beneath the Akihabara rail arches, where even garlic and onion are forsaken in true shojin style.
★ Multi-course fucha-ryori banquet in a private tatami room
A 1959-vintage temple-cuisine institution near Iriya where John Lennon and Yoko Ono once dined, serving 300-year-old fucha-ryori in garden-view tatami rooms.
Fully plant-based, build-your-own falafel pitas and hummus bowls inside Shibuya PARCO — a fast, affordable vegan refuel between the neighbourhood's shopping and nightlife.
★ Plant-based 'meat & fish' course made entirely from vegetables
Once crowned the world's #1 vegan restaurant on HappyCow, this Jiyugaoka temple of 'new washoku' conjures convincing meat and fish dishes from nothing but vegetables — and welcomes vegan and Muslim diners alike.
A 100% vegan tantanmen counter inside Tokyo Station's gates, where a creamy sesame broth fools even die-hard ramen carnivores — perfect for a transit-pause bowl.
The Shinjuku birthplace of the cloud-soft 'Heavenly Vegan Pancakes' that draw queues from vegans and non-vegans alike, with gluten-free options on the same menu.
★ 100% plant-based meal plates and fully plant-based desserts in a greenery-filled cafe
A CAFE COMPANY cafe inside Lumine Shinjuku 1 (opened 2024) offering dedicated 100% plant-based meal plates and all-plant-based desserts alongside a regular menu with meat and fish — so it is vegan-friendly, not fully vegan. Choose the plant-based plates or desserts.
★ All-vegan cakes (several gluten-free) made with naturally-grown fruit
A small all-vegan patisserie-cafe a minute from Shinjuku-Gyoenmae specialising in plant-based cakes — many gluten-free and lower-sugar — using naturally-cultivated fruit. Every item is free of egg, dairy and honey.
★ Gluten-free vegan lasagna and CBD-infused vegan sweets and drinks
An English-friendly, 100% vegan cafe in the basement of Shinjuku Marui Honkan from CBD/vegan pioneer HealthyTOKYO — paninis, quiche, gluten-free lasagna and CBD-infused sweets, all free of meat, fish, egg and dairy. Easy for foreign visitors.
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Shinjuku · Plant-based Italian (vegan-friendly) · ¥¥¥
★ Vegan 'foie gras', alt-meat dishes and vegan pizza on Isetan's dining floor
Run by CHAYA Macrobiotics on Isetan Shinjuku's 7th floor, with a large dedicated plant-based menu (vegan foie gras, alt-meat, vegan pizza, dairy-free pudding) alongside a regular Italian menu — so it is vegan-friendly, not 100% vegan. Ask staff to confirm the plant-based items.