Shibata - Myoko

It is worth visiting when in the city. turn to the back of the menu to see the separate vegan / vegetarian menu, but check it through the full menu as some veg-friendly beside dishes, like French pommes, are in the full menu. I highly recommend trying something with rice as they use a delicious locally grown rice.

I ordered the curry, agadeshi fried tofu in special sauce with spring onion and a side of french fries! was very tasty and i’ll definitely be back here again in a heartbeat!

Traditional Japanese restaurants tend to be full of meat these days. Shibata has a full vegan menu if you ask for it, and will veganise dishes off the main menu (replace dashi with vegetable stock for example). I’ve eaten there 3x so far along with family members who are not vegan. I’ve had daikon radish salad, fried tofu, udon noodle soup with tempura vegetables, other family members have had bean curry with rice (it’s vegan) and there are lots of vegan dishes I haven’t tried yet. Not much English spoken, but the manager understand “vegetarian” and “no meat” and how to alter any menu items to be vegan. Book early as it gets full up each night.

Shibata gradually became my favorite restaurant in Akakura Onsen for vegan options (although there are other fantastic options). You have a separate vegan menu this season now that tourism is back. I had gealterashi tofu and temupra udon and they were excellent. Definitely book in advance during peak hours, although we are lucky that we saw that many turned off at about 6-7 on Saturday night.

We ate here last night and were treated with some really delicious vegan dishes! However, the restaurant no longer seems to have a dedicated vegan menu. The host understood our diet requirements and was able to change the dishes for us, salted edamame, roasted tofu, miso udon and red bean soup that were all EXCELLENT, but I was sad to see that the menu had been removed. Undoubtedly a victim of the pandemic.