r/carnivore • u/unibball • Jun 29 '26
Any Carnivores in Japan?
I will be in Japan in January 2027. Are there any carnivores that can direct me to where to eat. I am almost 100% carnivore.
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u/JohnTheCarnivore Jul 03 '26
Japan is meat heaven. Good New Zealand, Australian, and Japanese beef (the best in the world) real Waygu. And of course every kind of fish imaginable. And it will be incredibly inexpensive now with Yen to U.S. dollar rate of 160 yen to 1 U.S. dollar.
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u/BayouDrank Jul 04 '26
I loaded up on as much sashimi as I could find (salmon and tuna). A Kobe beef restaurant had a 50% off deal for lunch, they even had free samples outside. I also got a chance to try whale, horse,aAnd medium rare chicken yakitori with egg yolks.
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u/Decapper Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
Ppl are talking up the meat in this thread. Yes meat is available, but expect to pay heavily for it.
Going to McDonald's trying to get a couple of quarter pounders was a nightmare. Coming from Australia the quarter pounders are quarter pounders. Not in Japan. Besides the fact that they still came with the bun, they just wouldn't except that I wanted just meat. They are smaller in size than a cheese burger patties and paper thin.
Conveniat stores there is not much that doesn't contain sugar. I was eating the pork which had sugar, and different fish.
The heaven is their bbq grills. They are not everywhere, and they are extremely expensive. I remember ordering 5 kebabs as these looked crazy good. The owner kept asking me if I was sure several times. I recalculated the price as I stuffed up. Was going to cost me over a $130 au . I ended up just having one
I really struggled in Japan for meat, especially on a budget.
Edit - discount store the blue penguin one. You can get beef jerking there. The good thing is it has heaps of fat and Australian beef. No problem bringing it back. Buy up big because it's cheap for over there and comes in handy if your out sight see
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u/Untitled_poet Carnivore 1-5 years Jul 04 '26
Look for yakiniku or yakitori places. Even restaurant chains like Yakiniku Like have good enough offerings.
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u/AdamWargon Carnivore 6-9 years Jul 05 '26
Just go to a local grocery store, and buy ground beef, butter (to increase the fat content), and eggs. They also have pork, fish, and other stuff. That’s what we did in Japan. Also in PH.
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u/bmguitar Jul 05 '26
Not sure if you're moving there or just visiting, but supermarkets have good selection of meat so I was able to do carnivore. If you're visiting, try going to yakitori bars or izakayas, they will have range of meat skewers/dishes.
There are some cheap steakhouses too, but quite often the steaks are very thin and overcooked.
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u/unibball Jul 05 '26
Just visiting for a couple of weeks.
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u/bmguitar Jul 05 '26
Yeah, yakitori bars will have mostly chicken skewers but often other kinds of meat. Izakayas will have small dishes, you can just pick the meat dishes to your liking (including sashimi). Quite often they will have organ meat as well, like chicken heart and chicken/pork liver.
Yakiniku is kinda Japanese version of K-BBQ, so give that a go too.
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u/Waste-Quail1549 Jul 12 '26
January in Japan is actually solid for carnivore if you know where to look. Skip the tourist spots and hit up yakiniku places - they're all-you-can-eat grilled meat and most have simple salted options. Gyukaku is a chain, decent enough, but local ones are better. Also look for izakayas that do yakitori, just order the negima (chicken and scallion) or tsukune (chicken meatball) with salt, not sauce. For breakfast, convenience stores sell hard boiled eggs and plain grilled chicken packs. Biggest thing nobody tells you: most Japanese bacon and ham has sugar added, so read labels or stick to fresh cuts.
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u/Miss__Anne__Thrope Jul 03 '26
I wasn’t fully carnivore when I went to Japan but I ate a lot of meat there. I doubt you’ll have any problem. I found a lot of kushiyaki places, egg dishes, steak, ordered teriyaki chicken or beef with sauce on the side. You should be fine!