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Vegetarian Life in Tokyo (life can be cruel)
Being vegetarian in Japan is a bit like being a pacifist at a sword convention. Technically possible. Occasionally uncomfortable. And people keep offering you things you didn't ask for.
In this episode of Post-Whatever, Ken Nishikawa — broadcaster, DJ, and almost lifelong vegetarian — navigates the surprising, baffling, and occasionally magnificent world of plant-based eating in Tokyo. From the bonito broth lurking in your "vegetarian" soba, to the ancient imperial decree that somehow forgot to ban wild boar, to the Buddhist monks who invented the phrase "mountain whale" to justify their…
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