This mid-November 2026 calendar started with today’s Daily JP vegetarian digest on X — six tips spanning Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo and Yokohama — and then we checked each one against official websites, tourism listings and (where the official page was thin) a recent, dated directory. It is a companion to our vegetarian and vegan travel guide for Japan, not a replacement for it. Use that guide for hidden dashi, phrase cards and city staples such as T’s Tantan; use this page for dates, hours, addresses and map links that we could confirm on 11 November 2026.
Hours, tickets and menus change. Treat every line below as a starting point, then confirm on the official page or in person before you go. We label spots as fully vegan, vegan options on a mixed menu, or veg-friendly but not vegan, and we flag anything we could not verify rather than invent it. For live disruption alerts on the way, our top 10 X accounts for Japan travel news is a useful follow-on.
Dated events
10–16 November 2026 — MERCY Vegan Factory baked-goods popup, Osaka
A short, confirmed popup that was not in today’s digest, added because the dates, hours and station location are in the shop’s official press release (9 November 2026). MERCY Vegan Factory is a Vegan JAS-certified restaurant in Osaka; this stall sells only its plant-based baked sweets (the release lists walnut caramel, cookies and similar items — no animal-derived ingredients, honey or refined white sugar).
- Dates: 10–16 November 2026 (Tuesday to Monday)
- Hours: 11:00–20:30; closes at 19:30 on the final day (16 November)
- Place: 1st floor of Nankai Mikunigaoka Station (三国ヶ丘駅), at plus on 三国ヶ丘, in front of Seijo Ishii
- Nearest station: Mikunigaoka (Nankai Koya Line / JR Hanwa Line) — the stall is inside the station
- Official: mercy-vegan.jp · PR Times announcement · Google Map
21–23 November 2026 — Daigoji, Kyoto: “A Night Watched Over by the Buddha”
This is the dated event from the digest. We checked it against the official event site run by TEAM FIRE and the matching Ticket Pia listing (and a Jiji press release that reprints the same figures). It is a reserved evening at World Heritage Daigoji (醍醐寺): meditation yoga in front of the temple’s Buddhist sculptures, an autumn shojin meal prepared with Koyasan’s Ekoin (恵光院), then a night viewing of the lit-up grounds. It is not a public vegan restaurant night, and it is separate from Daigoji’s ordinary autumn night viewing.
- Dates: 21 November (Sat), 22 November (Sun) and 23 November 2026 (Mon, public holiday)
- Hours: 18:15–20:50; reception from 17:45. Schedule: yoga 18:15–19:15 in the Reihokan / Heiseikan; shojin 19:15–20:10 at the hall’s café (Le Clos Sous Le Cerisier); night viewing 20:10–20:50 (viewing reception closes at 20:10)
- Price: ¥15,000 per person (the official press release states tax included), covering yoga, the meal and night viewing. Yoga mats are provided; wear clothes you can move in. 50 people per night, advance booking, first come first served
- Address: 22 Daigo-higashioji-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (京都市伏見区醍醐東大路町22)
- Nearest station: Tozai subway Daigo, about a 10-minute walk. Keihan bus from Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit (stop H4) is listed at about 30 minutes. Paid parking is available
- Book: Ticket Pia (sales listed through 22 November 2026, 23:59). Official event page: teamfire-daigoji.jp. Enquiries: TEAM FIRE, 075-361-6668
- Map: Google Map — Daigoji
Vegan note (please read): Shojin ryori is traditionally plant-based and also omits garlic and onion. As we note in the vegetarian guide, some modern temple kitchens use dairy. The official pages describe “autumn special shojin” from Ekoin; they do not publish a vegan certification or a full ingredient list. If you avoid eggs or dairy, ask when you book.
From 10 November 2026 — YUZU×RAMEN (online product, no restaurant venue)
The digest item about Fuji Oil and Kyoto start-up 七十二候 is not a Kyoto pop-up restaurant. Fuji Oil’s official release (4 November 2026) says the plant-based “YUZU×RAMEN” pack (noodles plus soup, using MIRA-Dashi) went on limited sale from 10 November 2026 through 七十二候’s online store. No dine-in venue is named, and the product is described as plant-based, not as certified vegan. Official: PR Times · store: watayu72.com · brand: 72kou-kyoto.com.
Ongoing / always available
These are regular restaurants and a bakery, not one-off dates. Hours below are what official or official-adjacent pages showed on 11 November 2026 — always re-check, especially around holidays.
Tokyo — Menson RAGE, Azabudai Hills (vegan ramen on a mixed menu)
The Azabudai Hills branch of 麺尊 RAGE is a ramen shop whose official menu lists two vegan bowls as regular items, each ¥1,500: vegan soy-sauce ramen (egg-free noodles, soy meat, vegetable-and-dried-goods soup) and a vegan tonkotsu-style ramen (soy milk and chilli oil in a plant-based soup). The same kitchen also serves chicken and fish-based ramen, so this is not a vegan restaurant.
- Status: Open on the regular menu (official site and Azabudai Hills directory)
- Hours: 11:00–22:00, last order 21:30, according to the official Azabudai Hills shop page. The shop’s own 10 November 2026 X post advertised continuous hours of 11:00–21:30 — confirm at the ticket machine if you are going late
- Address: Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza D, B1F, 5-10-7 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo (東京都港区虎ノ門5-10-7)
- Nearest station: Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiyacho, Exit 5, direct access
- Tel.: 03-6452-9600
- Official: menson-rage.net · Azabudai Hills directory · Google Map
Tokyo — TOKYO VEGAN BAKES, Shimokitazawa / Higashi-Kitazawa (fully vegan bakery)
A 100% vegan bakery (no dairy, eggs or other animal ingredients) in the reload complex, between Odakyu Higashi-Kitazawa and Shimokitazawa. That address and the “fully vegan” claim are consistent across the August 2025 opening release, the shop’s online store, and a 3 November 2026 local write-up. Bagels, doughnuts, croissants and danishes are the usual range.
- Status: Open as a regular shop (opened 31 August 2025)
- Hours — unverified / conflicting: The 2025 opening release said 10:00–18:00, closed Monday and Tuesday. Later listings disagree (one restaurant directory updated in 2026 shows 09:00–17:00 weekdays and 09:00–18:00 weekends). A 3 November 2026 local article simply says: check Instagram. We are not publishing a single official hour in the table below. Confirm on @tokyoveganbakes the day you go
- Address: reload 2F, unit 10, 3-19-20 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (東京都世田谷区北沢3-19-20 reload 2階 10区画)
- Nearest stations: Odakyu Higashi-Kitazawa (about 5 minutes) or Shimokitazawa (about 4 minutes), as listed by Tabelog and the opening release respectively
- Tel.: 03-6407-1208 (listed on the opening release and Tabelog)
- Official: tokyoveganbakes.stores.jp · Instagram · Google Map
Osaka / Izumisano — Chet’s Inn (Thai izakaya with vegan options)
Chet’s Inn (チェッツイン) is a Thai izakaya a short walk from Nankai Izumisano Station, close to Kansai Airport. City tourism pages (Izumisano Here / もっとさの) say the kitchen will adapt for vegetarian, vegan, halal and allergy requests if you ask when you order. A 10 November 2026 post from an Izumisano city tourism official says the shop has put nine vegan items on the menu using Fuji Oil’s MIRA-Dashi, as part of a local “food barrier-free” project. We have not independently seen that nine-item menu on an official restaurant website (the shop does not publish a full current menu we could load), so treat the number as reported, not menu-verified.
- Status: Regular shop; vegan-friendly on request (tourism pages). Nine named vegan dishes: reported on X, not independently verified
- Hours: 18:00–24:00, last order 23:00; closed Sundays and public holidays (Izumisano tourism and もっとさの listings)
- Address: 5-5 Wakamiya-cho, Izumisano, Osaka (大阪府泉佐野市若宮町5-5)
- Nearest station: Nankai Main Line Izumisano, about 1–2 minutes on foot (about 100 m)
- Tel.: 072-424-5458
- Official-adjacent: Izumisano Here · Google Map
Yokohama — four solo-friendly suggestions from one X thread
These four names come from a 10 November 2026 reply thread by @yukina_vism, answering a request for vegetarian or vegan-friendly Yokohama spots that are easy to visit alone and serve drinks. We verified each address against an official or official-adjacent page. They are not all the same kind of restaurant — read the labels.
好記園 (Koki-en) — vegan-option Taiwanese, Chinatown
A Taiwanese restaurant on Chinatown’s South Gate Silk Road that also serves a wide vegetarian / vegan (素食) menu — often praised as one of Yokohama’s easier veg options. It is not a fully vegan shop (the regular menu includes meat dishes such as lu rou fan). Older vegan guides note that some vegetarian dishes may include egg unless you ask.
- Hours (use this official listing, and flag the conflict): The official Yokohama Chinatown association page, updated June 2026, lists weekdays 11:00–15:00 and 17:00–21:00; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 11:00–21:00; closed Thursday. Several older directories still show later evening hours and no Thursday close. We are following the June 2026 official directory
- Address: 106 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama (横浜市中区山下町106), South Gate Silk Road
- Nearest station: Minatomirai Line Motomachi-Chukagai (about 5 minutes); JR Ishikawacho is also walkable
- Tel.: 045-641-8868
- Official: Yokohama Chinatown shop page · Google Map
RICE CUISINE S⊇YA (スーヤ) — vegan and gluten-free options, Kannai / Nihon-odori
Formerly 米粉食堂 S⊇YA. The official site says the kitchen focuses on rice-flour and fermented dishes, and that vegan and gluten-free dishes are available (including a vegan ramen at lunch). It is not described as a 100% vegan restaurant. The official page also asks guests not to bring children under 12 as a usual rule.
- Hours: Lunch 11:30–14:00. Dinner Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 18:00–20:30; Friday and Saturday 18:00–21:00. Closed Tuesday — if Tuesday is a public holiday, the shop opens Tuesday and closes Wednesday instead
- Address: Sankin Building 2F, 1-14 Minaminakadori, Naka-ku, Yokohama (横浜市中区南仲通1-14 三金ビル2F)
- Nearest stations: Minatomirai Line Nihon-odori Exit 1, about 3 minutes; JR Kannai south exit about 5 minutes; Bashamichi Exit 5 about 5 minutes
- Official: suyainfo.wixsite.com/kitchen · Google Map
M’s Table POMPADOUR — plant-based restaurant, Motomachi
The official site states that M’s Table uses plant-based ingredients only: no animal meat, seafood, eggs, dairy or white sugar. This is as close as the thread comes to a dedicated vegan / plant-based restaurant. The Motomachi shopping-street English page still lists 11:00–22:00; we are following the restaurant’s own site.
- Hours: 11:00–20:00, last order 19:00 (lunch menu 11:00–17:00, L.O. 16:30; the site currently says it is serving the lunch menu throughout, due to shortened hours)
- Closed: Mondays; if Monday is a public holiday, closed Tuesday instead
- Address: Pompadour Building 2F, 4-171 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama (横浜市中区元町4-171 ポンパドウルビル2階)
- Nearest stations: JR Ishikawacho (Motomachi exit) or Minatomirai Line Motomachi-Chukagai (Motomachi exit), about 7 minutes each
- Tel.: 045-228-8853
- Official: pompadour.co.jp/mstable · Google Map
BAMBOO 4 — veg-friendly Mexican bar, not a vegan restaurant, Sakuragicho
A craft-beer and Mexican bar with a published “VEGETABLE MENU” (salsa and chips, guacamole, nuts, mushroom fritters, vegetable quesadilla). The same official menu also includes meat dishes (wings, chicharron) and a Basque cheesecake, and we could not verify whether the vegetable items are dairy-free or fried in a dedicated fryer. Ask before you order. Irregular holidays are announced on Instagram.
- Hours: Monday–Friday 16:00–23:30 (food L.O. 22:00, drinks L.O. 23:00); Saturday and Sunday 15:00–23:00 (food L.O. 22:00, drinks L.O. 22:30)
- Address: 1-16-1 Hanasaki-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama (横浜市中区花咲町1-16-1)
- Nearest station: JR / subway Sakuragicho, Exit 1, about 2 minutes
- Tel.: 080-5576-7214
- Official: bamboo4.owst.jp · Google Map
Map links at a glance
Open any row in Google Maps. We have not embedded a live multi-pin map here because hours and openings still need a last-minute check at each official page.
| Place | City | When | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCY Vegan Factory popup | Osaka (Mikunigaoka) | 10–16 Nov 2026 | Map |
| Daigoji “A Night Watched Over by the Buddha” | Kyoto (Fushimi) | 21–23 Nov 2026 | Map |
| Menson RAGE Azabudai Hills | Tokyo (Toranomon) | Ongoing | Map |
| TOKYO VEGAN BAKES | Tokyo (Kitazawa) | Ongoing | Map |
| Chet’s Inn | Osaka (Izumisano) | Ongoing (evenings) | Map |
| 好記園 | Yokohama Chinatown | Ongoing | Map |
| RICE CUISINE S⊇YA | Yokohama (Kannai) | Ongoing | Map |
| M’s Table POMPADOUR | Yokohama (Motomachi) | Ongoing | Map |
| BAMBOO 4 | Yokohama (Sakuragicho) | Ongoing (evening bar) | Map |
What we added, flagged or dropped
- Added (dates confirmed): the MERCY Vegan Factory sweets popup at Mikunigaoka, 10–16 November 2026.
- Not added: further vegan festivals between late November 2026 and early 2027. The official Vegan Gourmet Festival calendar has no winter 2026 dates, and the next Kyoto festival is only described as “planned for spring 2027,” without a confirmed day. Events already finished (including ASIAN VEGAN CONNECT on 3 November and the autumn Vegefes dates in October) are omitted.
- YUZU×RAMEN is listed as an online product, not as a place to eat — the official release names no Kyoto venue.
- Flagged: TOKYO VEGAN BAKES opening hours; 好記園 hours that differ on older listings; Chet’s Inn’s “nine vegan items” (reported, not menu-verified); BAMBOO 4 as veg-friendly only; shojin at Daigoji as traditionally plant-based, not certified vegan.
Disclaimer: This is a travel calendar compiled from official and official-adjacent pages on 11 November 2026. It is not a vegan certification, a reservation service, or a guarantee that a kitchen is free of cross-contact. Menus, prices, hours and tickets change. When in doubt, ask, and treat each venue’s own site as the last word. For the broader how-to — dashi, phrase cards, konbini labels and temple stays — start with our Vegetarian and Vegan Travel in Japan guide. PowerData2Go also recommends having a Japan eSIM or portable Wi-Fi so you can load maps, translators and ticket pages on the go.