Thank you so much! I'm currently on exchange in Japan (Nagoya) and am also Australian. I am not vegan yet but have decided to finally slowly transition. I've taken so many screenshots. Thanks a bunch.
Oh, geez! Hopefully I'll find markets where fruits and veggies aren't wrapped in plastic everywhere!!! Thanks for showing us a virtual shopping tour!! :) ❤
Here it is recycled, the plastic bags it is put in goes into the プラ PURA separation (light plastics, styrofoam and other bags goes in that), ペット PETTO is for normal hard plastics like drink containers. So it helps keep things clean and fresh. If thy was just tossing it out in the normal trash, it would be bad.
@@Its-Kat_ unfotrantely plastic can't be recycled in the same way as something like glass. Everytime its recycled it degrades, so a plastic package can't be recycled into a new plastic package. Rather its shreds are used in car tires or clothing fibres which become those pesky 'microplastics' that end up in the ocean :( . Even if its being aggressively recycled, it would still be much better if they just used the packaging that nature provided (peels, skins, shells). Do small local greengrocers also use this much plastic by the way?
I remember it snowing in Tokyo earlier this year - it was pretty cool! Thanks for the vegan shopping tips - it is a bit of a challenge being vegan here. The sheer amount of plastic packaging and plastic bags drives me crazy - another useful phrase if you want to refuse something is “dai jo bu desu”. Literary it means “it’s ok”, and if you wave your hand and say it when they pick up a plastic bag, they get the message that “it’s ok, not needed”.
I'm going to be going to grad school in Japan, or at least I'm making preparations to, and was worried I would have a hard time finding certain items. Thank you so much! I am at ease x)
when you were biking in the snow it reminded me of when i first moved to Finland back in 2017. I'm still here, I have a car now but that brought back major memories lol.
I was shocked for a moment when you said the Lasagne sheets had egg in them, because I always buy them from Barilla, so I checked, and at least here in Germany they don't have eggs in them xD I wonder why they do in Japan? At least now I'm prepared, I would've bought them in Japan without checking the ingredients at all xD
I think people are so hardline on the issue that people often forget they don't HAVE to commit to one way of eating or another. I was vegetarian for years, then went back to eating meat, but I find recently, when cooking for myself, I typically skip meat. You are right, it is nice to be able to include vegan or vegetarian options.
Thank you so much for doing this video! I'm trying to eat a more plant-based diet, and I think this video will be a great help when I go shopping this weekend. Cheers!
Thank you for all the tips! It will be easier to buy groceries during my next trip! And a little tips : if you have shops like "Lawson 100" the avocado's are 100yens, I saw that during my last trip during January! Perfect if you like avocados like me 😂 (in France during summer it's around 1 euro for 5 avocados 😱😱😱😱)
thank you thats so helpful im vegan and going to japan soon, i love mushrooms can i bring some back on the plane to uk also can you get humus in japan, i eat lots of that
Very impressive. I know being a vegan is not that easy wherever we go. I am also impressed that you are eco/green conscious that you bring your own grocery bag! I know everything in Japan is wrapped in plastic (even plastic is wrapped in plastic!): I am from there! This upload is totally informative and also entertaining. You hardcore biker in snow!
I also like so much that supermarket! Where I live there is one that I love but it’s super expensive and another one “Seiyu” that’s it’s good but I don’t know if it’s have a soy section
please, tell me from which grocery store the pistachio milk is from,,,I need it in my life 😍 really great video! thank you for showing so many products💚
This video was recommended to me from Currently Hannah's channel. Love the video. Would like to visit Japan one day. Plus I do a vegan diet. So this has always been a concern. But curious about when you go to restaurants. The challenges you face and to see if it's more plausible than I think. What mess??? Looks totally normal and clean to me. At 12:16. If that's messy, then idk. lol Had to sub. Looking forward to more videos ^_^
I just wanna say that to all that are worried about the amount of plastic being used in japan, while yes it is frustrating to see the copious amount of it used unnecessarily, Japan has a really incredible recycling/ garbage system.. probably one of the best I’ve seen! Please look into it if your really concerned.. I stayed in Japan for awhile and had to sort through my trash because so many things are recyclable there and certain parts of packaging (like labels or stickers) need to be removed and recycled separately!
That's cool, but even if it's one of the most efficient recycling systems world wide... it's still plastic; massive amounts of non-biodegradable unnecessary plastic that could be easily avoided and that will have the same end no matter how many times it's recycled
Thank you so much for the video! I think I’m gonna try to be vegan for the animals so I would commit this. Never eat or like so much vegetables but it’s sooo healty for your body
You're so welcome! ahh this makes me so happy to hear!! :D Yes! and knowing how food effects your body is so important :) It's what helps me to stay motivated in being vegan haha There's heaps of incredible vegan recipes online too!!
Pierrine yay I’m so happy it was!! :) the shop is called “O-Kmart” and the other one actually doesn’t have a name it’s inside a massive shopping mall thing haha BUT tokyo is getting more and more of these products in general so keep an eye out! ;)
haha i cycle everywhere in the uk and have a bike basket i put tons of shopping in as well! and ive also cycled in a snow blizzard,, is it good cycling in japan, what are the roads like for it and do the car drivers respect you? i dont know anyonehere in the uk that cycles around like me, so when i saw you doing it i loved it@@justjess882
I spent roughly $50 just on groceries per week + I would occasionally eat out... so I would allow myself about $80 for a week? so in total you could say about $300??
I actually ordered my B12 from Iherb! :) and it delivers to Japan. and yes there is some form of B12 in Nutritional yeast but I would recommend getting a proper spray :) Thanks for watching!
@@Books_Anime_92 it's true they recycle, however it's still not a considerable percentage of the total plastic waste and they do send trash to other lands just like other countries :(
Hey Salma! Japan is one of largest importers of GMO foods, though labeling is required if GM crops are used in food in certain cases.Hope this helps! and thank you for watching :)
Love this!!! I love seeing other vegans in Japan! :) Makes me feel more sane as barely anyone I speak to here knows what it is! :P OMG SOY MILK SAKI IS MY FAAAAVV
Thank you for the helpful video! ❤ Now I have sooo many flavours of soy milk to try when I come to Tokyo next month. What are your favorite soy milk flavours? How's the shop called you were in? And do you know where to get those ice creams? P.S.: I didn't know pistachio milk is a thing :D
Heute hier morgen dort you are very welcome! :) my favourites are the strawberry and chocolate soy milks! Also I love Almond milk too :) the shop I went to is called “O-KMART” and you can find the ice cream in a shop called “AEON” (but all depends on what area you will be staying in when you’re in Tokyo
@@justjess882 Me and my friend are planning on working in Japan in November for 6 month and your videos have been so helpful!! Truthfully we were not sure what to buy and eat, you have put our food worries to rest! Thanks so much and please keep up the amazing videos! :D
@@Mystic_Moodie ahh that's so exciting!! and that makes me so happy to hear! :D If you have any more questions feel free to message me on Instagram! Here to help :) and yes plenty more videos to come! x
waow you were fkin amazing,, cute cheery as fuck it was insanely joyfully amazing,, your personallity just hooked me (wish i had a girlfriend like you,,, shh didnt say that outloud
Single plastic wrapped lemons.... That one killed me
I nearly shed a tear
Yeah lemons have a very thick peel
its crazy isnt it, i noticed in other vids ive been watching going round fruit and veg that japan loves its plastic! so unnecessary
3:56 "The best thing about being vegan... is you get to skip a whole section of the grocery store."
I think you might be right.
Haha yeup! Saves so much time!
Thank you so much! I'm currently on exchange in Japan (Nagoya) and am also Australian. I am not vegan yet but have decided to finally slowly transition. I've taken so many screenshots. Thanks a bunch.
Oh, geez! Hopefully I'll find markets where fruits and veggies aren't wrapped in plastic everywhere!!! Thanks for showing us a virtual shopping tour!! :) ❤
Yeah there's so much plastic hey.. :( But Japan are definitely improving slowly with it! You're very welcome :) Thanks so much for watching :)
How annoying is it that literally everything is wrapped in plastic when it doesn’t need to be 😩😩😩
Isabella Neophyton right!! It’s very frustrating but surely one day it’ll be far from this much
Here it is recycled, the plastic bags it is put in goes into the プラ PURA separation (light plastics, styrofoam and other bags goes in that), ペット PETTO is for normal hard plastics like drink containers. So it helps keep things clean and fresh. If thy was just tossing it out in the normal trash, it would be bad.
@@Its-Kat_ unfotrantely plastic can't be recycled in the same way as something like glass. Everytime its recycled it degrades, so a plastic package can't be recycled into a new plastic package. Rather its shreds are used in car tires or clothing fibres which become those pesky 'microplastics' that end up in the ocean :( . Even if its being aggressively recycled, it would still be much better if they just used the packaging that nature provided (peels, skins, shells). Do small local greengrocers also use this much plastic by the way?
I remember it snowing in Tokyo earlier this year - it was pretty cool! Thanks for the vegan shopping tips - it is a bit of a challenge being vegan here. The sheer amount of plastic packaging and plastic bags drives me crazy - another useful phrase if you want to refuse something is “dai jo bu desu”. Literary it means “it’s ok”, and if you wave your hand and say it when they pick up a plastic bag, they get the message that “it’s ok, not needed”.
I thought Australian shops had so much plastic but I’ve never seen capsicum or a single lemon wrapped in plastic 😩 This video was so informative!! 💗
You're so welcome!! Sorry for my late reply haha :D
I'm going to be going to grad school in Japan, or at least I'm making preparations to, and was worried I would have a hard time finding certain items. Thank you so much! I am at ease x)
Nice vegan vlog, and very good to mention overpackings in markets, all plastics!
when you were biking in the snow it reminded me of when i first moved to Finland back in 2017. I'm still here, I have a car now but that brought back major memories lol.
I was shocked for a moment when you said the Lasagne sheets had egg in them, because I always buy them from Barilla, so I checked, and at least here in Germany they don't have eggs in them xD I wonder why they do in Japan? At least now I'm prepared, I would've bought them in Japan without checking the ingredients at all xD
Giniabeth ahh that’s good to hear! It’s funny cause even some products like Oreos have different ingredients- the ones here in Japan aren’t vegan :(
Even in Italy Barilla Lasagne have eggs :(
This is so helpful, and your video was really well made! Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for watching! you are very welcome 😊😊
Really interesting video, thanks!
Helpful and informative for my upcoming trip. Thanks Jess!
Can’t wait to see you cook again with those ingredients! Loved the video! I’m not vegan but sure appreciate having more meal options 😊
Tess Tavares thank you so much! I’ll be sure to do another cooking video soon :)
I think people are so hardline on the issue that people often forget they don't HAVE to commit to one way of eating or another. I was vegetarian for years, then went back to eating meat, but I find recently, when cooking for myself, I typically skip meat. You are right, it is nice to be able to include vegan or vegetarian options.
If you have an android you can use the translate function on Google lens instead of having to download a whole separate app
Thank you so much for doing this video! I'm trying to eat a more plant-based diet, and I think this video will be a great help when I go shopping this weekend. Cheers!
little window :D.
thank you for this video. much help.
Love this tips😁😁
Love this!! Very helpful, thank you!!
You're welcome! :) x
are the animal biscuits (at 7.31 min) really vegan? because the packaging says it contains, butter, fish oil, milk fat?
I actually LOVE this video Jess, I miss you so much you creative GENIUS
Isabella Neophyton THANK YOU ❤️ 47 days!! 😭💃
Thank you for all the tips! It will be easier to buy groceries during my next trip!
And a little tips : if you have shops like "Lawson 100" the avocado's are 100yens, I saw that during my last trip during January! Perfect if you like avocados like me 😂 (in France during summer it's around 1 euro for 5 avocados 😱😱😱😱)
ahh thanks so much for the tip!! Yes Lawson's is definitely
my favourite convenient store!
thank you thats so helpful im vegan and going to japan soon, i love mushrooms can i bring some back on the plane to uk also can you get humus in japan, i eat lots of that
Very impressive. I know being a vegan is not that easy wherever we go. I am also impressed that you are eco/green conscious that you bring your own grocery bag! I know everything in Japan is wrapped in plastic (even plastic is wrapped in plastic!): I am from there! This upload is totally informative and also entertaining. You hardcore biker in snow!
rarefaction curve thank you so much! Really appreciate the time you take to comment :)
I also like so much that supermarket! Where I live there is one that I love but it’s super expensive and another one “Seiyu” that’s it’s good but I don’t know if it’s have a soy section
Ahh yes fresh fruit and vegetables are quite expensive in Japan! But vegan products are becoming more popular in Tokyo which is exciting :D
This was so helpful! Thank you!
Love your editing Jess! This is so lovely to watch 🥰🥰
please, tell me from which grocery store the pistachio milk is from,,,I need it in my life 😍 really great video! thank you for showing so many products💚
me too! i love pistachio stuff, i will be looking for this when i go to japan
This video was recommended to me from Currently Hannah's channel.
Love the video. Would like to visit Japan one day. Plus I do a vegan diet. So this has always been a concern. But curious about when you go to restaurants. The challenges you face and to see if it's more plausible than I think.
What mess???
Looks totally normal and clean to me. At 12:16.
If that's messy, then idk. lol
Had to sub. Looking forward to more videos ^_^
Thank you so much for following!! :) Ahh that'd be a cool video to do! Will put that on the list
I just wanna say that to all that are worried about the amount of plastic being used in japan, while yes it is frustrating to see the copious amount of it used unnecessarily, Japan has a really incredible recycling/ garbage system.. probably one of the best I’ve seen! Please look into it if your really concerned.. I stayed in Japan for awhile and had to sort through my trash because so many things are recyclable there and certain parts of packaging (like labels or stickers) need to be removed and recycled separately!
Sophia Ronen yep It’s so great with the recycling system here! :)
That's cool, but even if it's one of the most efficient recycling systems world wide... it's still plastic; massive amounts of non-biodegradable unnecessary plastic that could be easily avoided and that will have the same end no matter how many times it's recycled
You are so adorable you made my day! Thank you for the vid!
haha thank you :)
My boyfriend and I are vegan and both hope to visit Japan some day, thanks for the tips ✌️ decided to subscribe and what your other videos 😊
Eli Wyatt thanks so much for watching! :)
Thank you so much for the video! I think I’m gonna try to be vegan for the animals so I would commit this. Never eat or like so much vegetables but it’s sooo healty for your body
You're so welcome! ahh this makes me so happy to hear!! :D Yes! and knowing how food effects your body is so important :) It's what helps me to stay motivated in being vegan haha
There's heaps of incredible vegan recipes online too!!
amazing! this was soo helpful! what is the grocery store called you went to - and the one with the different mylks? x
Pierrine yay I’m so happy it was!! :) the shop is called “O-Kmart” and the other one actually doesn’t have a name it’s inside a massive shopping mall thing haha BUT tokyo is getting more and more of these products in general so keep an eye out! ;)
Come from hanna movie, great work there! Cool channel too!
This was soo helpful!! Planning on going to Japan and as a vegan, this makes me very confident!! Make more like these! Are the products organic??
Cycling in the snow, you are badass! Are your trousers waterproof?
piupiu haha it was a whole new skill to learn that’s for sure 😂 and nope they weren’t 🙈
haha i cycle everywhere in the uk and have a bike basket i put tons of shopping in as well! and ive also cycled in a snow blizzard,, is it good cycling in japan, what are the roads like for it and do the car drivers respect you? i dont know anyonehere in the uk that cycles around like me, so when i saw you doing it i loved it@@justjess882
Thanks for this! I'm considering moving to Japan and this was really helpful. How much on average would you spend per month for food?
I spent roughly $50 just on groceries per week + I would occasionally eat out... so I would allow myself about $80 for a week? so in total you could say about $300??
Is easy to find oats on a regular supermarket? And cereals like cornflakes? Don't rememeber to see those on my last trip ^^'
Where I go, Yes! I shop at OKMART and AEON :)) and I have seen cornflakes and also plenty of granolas aswell- you can also get granola at 7/11!
Great video!
I Love your video.
this is so helpful!! what is the name of this store?? :)
The one in this video is called "OKMART" :)
Just Jess Amazing thank you heaps!!
whats the vegan cheese like in japan its pretty rubbish in uk
Very useful. I'll be in Japan for a year from Sept. Have you found a good B12 replacement there? Is that what's in the Yeast powder?
I actually ordered my B12 from Iherb! :) and it delivers to Japan. and yes there is some form of B12 in Nutritional yeast but I would recommend getting a proper spray :) Thanks for watching!
P.s stay tuned as I am currently creating an "Ultimate Going Vegan guide!" :)
Yes, Yaki-imo!
Your eyes are soooo beautiful omg
They really take such care with their fruit. Every piece is a work of art! But the PLASTIC! So. Much. Plastic. 😱
Yes both are so true! Too much plastic
You have to admit though, the Japanese have recycling ♻️ down to a science.
@@Books_Anime_92 it's true they recycle, however it's still not a considerable percentage of the total plastic waste and they do send trash to other lands just like other countries :(
Is soy used in Japanese products usually GMO? U are so cute btw
Hey Salma! Japan is one of largest importers of GMO foods, though labeling is required if GM crops are used in food in certain cases.Hope this helps! and thank you for watching :)
@@justjess882 thank you
Love this!!! I love seeing other vegans in Japan! :) Makes me feel more sane as barely anyone I speak to here knows what it is! :P OMG SOY MILK SAKI IS MY FAAAAVV
YAYY Thank you soo much!! I heard there's now a sweet potato soy milk ahh!! can't wait to try it
Thank you for the helpful video! ❤ Now I have sooo many flavours of soy milk to try when I come to Tokyo next month.
What are your favorite soy milk flavours? How's the shop called you were in? And do you know where to get those ice creams?
P.S.: I didn't know pistachio milk is a thing :D
Heute hier morgen dort you are very welcome! :) my favourites are the strawberry and chocolate soy milks! Also I love Almond milk too :) the shop I went to is called “O-KMART” and you can find the ice cream in a shop called “AEON” (but all depends on what area you will be staying in when you’re in Tokyo
@@justjess882 Thank you! :)
Yes snow queen!!!!!!!
hehe ;)
Social Interaction 😂 Adorable 10:37
You are so cute! Great video 💗
I agree with you Natalie xx
Thank you :D
if there's 「ヴィーガン」, means the product is for vegans!
for easy difining, i guess u would have already known tho.
anyway i love ur glasses style😸✌️😎
cant WAIT to see what you do w/that...oh, it's for cooking, isnt it? stupid internet. It's changed, it really has.
I need cooked Japanese sweet potatoes!!!
Our girl love Japan and China.
The amount of plastic gave me the worst panic attack, it's very horrible. Othen than that, i really liked this video, very educational.
one single lemon wrapped in plastic. whyyyyy :D but loved the video so much ! xx
I know it's ridiculous!! D:
They're kanji, not symbols ;)
Do 7/11 supermarket video
If I was in Japan I still would!! Maybe when I go back one day :) Go check out 'Currently Hannah'! channel! she does a 7/11 video :)
Love skipping the meat section! Shopping is so much faster and easier! xD
Rebecca Carter right! Saves me so much time and money 😆
@@justjess882 Me and my friend are planning on working in Japan in November for 6 month and your videos have been so helpful!! Truthfully we were not sure what to buy and eat, you have put our food worries to rest! Thanks so much and please keep up the amazing videos! :D
@@Mystic_Moodie ahh that's so exciting!! and that makes me so happy to hear! :D If you have any more questions feel free to message me on Instagram! Here to help :) and yes plenty more videos to come! x
So much plastic packaging😢
I hope that is faux fur.....
the plastic....
waow you were fkin amazing,, cute cheery as fuck it was insanely joyfully amazing,, your personallity just hooked me (wish i had a girlfriend like you,,, shh didnt say that outloud
you remind me of lindsay lohan
The overpackaging is very frustrating to watch.
plastic, plastic, more plastic