About Japan Food PassAbout
Japan Food Pass helps people with dietary restrictions (vegan, vegetarian, halal, gluten-free, kosher and food allergies) find what they can eat in Japan. We cover Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka first, and will add Fukuoka, Sapporo and Nagoya. Articles are written with the help of AI and published only after automated checks on sources; if you spot a mistake, please report it.
How we check
- We only list places whose options we can confirm on the restaurant's official website or social media, or on a certification body's public list. Places known only from reviews or blogs are not listed.
- “Halal certified” is shown only when the certification body is named and the restaurant or its operator also states the certification itself (certifiers' lists can include past certifications). Places that state they use no pork and no alcohol are shown as Muslim-friendly, not halal.
- “Gluten-free” and “allergy-friendly” mean what the restaurant says it offers. We never say a place is safe for coeliac disease or allergies.
- Every place shows the date we last checked it. Places not checked for 180 days are re-checked every week, and reports from readers put a place into “being re-checked” immediately.
- We do not copy reviews, ratings or photos from Google Maps or other sites. The map button simply opens Google Maps.
- We make no health claims, and we do not give religious rulings.
- Paid listings are marked “Sponsored”. Payment never changes a place's dietary levels.
How to read the levels
Three filled dots are the strongest level: a certified, fully dedicated or dedicated-kitchen place.
| VGVegan |
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| VEVegetarian |
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| HLHalal |
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| MFMuslim-friendly |
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| GFGluten-free |
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| KSKosher |
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| ALAllergy-friendly |
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Photo credits
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped.
- Shojin ryori appetizers at a Kyoto temple: Jpatokal / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vegan tantan ramen: Trashpossum666 / CC0
- Ramen shop entrance with halal signs: Syced / CC0
- Onigiri rice balls: Ocdp / CC0
- Nishiki Market in Kyoto: Kazutaka NAKANO / CC BY 2.0
- Shojin ryori tray at a temple: Ph0kin / Public domain