Holistic Survival Guide in Japan

Soy-free and Wheat-free Japanese Condiments Have Soy or Wheat Allergies or Intolerances? Here’s a list of soy sauce alternatives so you too can still enjoy Japanese cuisine! When I came to Japan to teach English in 2017, my body was still healing and I couldn’t tolerate any amount of soy sauce. The only paleo-friendly options that were available were Coconut aminos, which I can’t say that I particularly liked the taste. The coconut aftertaste didn’t quite match the Japanese cooking. After living in Tokyo for some time, I have come to find these alternatives made from legumes and less gut-destroying grains, but Rakuten and Amazon Japan have been my main…

Rice flour based gluten-free crepes Magentarth Café in Kamatori-cho (鎌取町), Chiba When you live out in the countryside in Japan, you’ll be lucky to find any sort of labeling with “gluten-free” on it, especially when it comes to crepes. Oftentimes, owners of restaurants will start to break into a sweat and breathe heavy stressful sighs whenever you ask them to make a meal gluten-free. Never did I think that I would ever come upon a magical place like this in my prefecture. A gluten-free cafe in Chiba?! That’s unheard of. At Magentarth, they only make gluten-free crepes and I wanted to cry with happiness when my husband first took me…