On July 7, 2026, an event was held at Tottori City Hall announced that Tottori City had achieved Japan’s highest number of restaurants offering vegan menus per capita.
The event was organized by the Tottori Prefecture No. 1 Vegan Project Promotion Council. The council is chaired by Mr. Yukichi Fukui, who runs the vegan restaurant Daruma no Ki in Tottori City. Haruko Kawano, Representative Director of VegeProject Japan, serves as vice chair.
Congratulatory remarks were delivered by Tottori Mayor Yoshihiko Fukazawa and officials from Tottori Prefecture and Tottori City. Other speakers included a director of the Tottori City Tourism and Convention Association, the executive director of the Tottori Prefecture Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry, and the chair of the Tottori Prefecture Restaurant and Food Service Sanitation Association. Members of the prefectural and city assemblies also spoke.
Our representative gave a presentation on the distinctive features and value of Tottori’s initiatives.
Speakers on stage. From left: the Mayor of Tottori City, the chair of the Tottori Prefecture No. 1 Vegan Project Promotion Council, and the representative of VegeProject Japan.
Restaurant owners who have started offering vegan options also attended. They provided vegan dishes for tasting. The dishes included meat-style dishes made with soy meat and bread made without eggs or dairy products. Other dishes included fried okara konjac coated in a special sauce and Indian biryani. The guests enjoyed the wide variety of high-quality vegan dishes.
Many media outlets attended the event. The Nihonkai Shimbun published an article the following day.
About one year ago, a seminar and tasting exchange event was held on how to accommodate vegan diners. Our representative also served as a speaker. This marked the start of full-scale efforts to expand vegan options in Tottori City and Tottori Prefecture. Read our report on the event here: “Food Diversity Seminar: Aiming to Make Tottori City No. 1 in Japan for Vegan Menu Availability”
【Restaurants Offering Vegan Menus in Tottori City】
・Daruma no Ki, Specializing in Vegan Wellness Cuisine
・Dining Bar Connect
・Cafe Belle foret
・Osakana Dining Ginrin-tei at Roadside Station Shinwa no Sato Shiro Usagi
・Sunaba Coffee “New” Tottori Station Front Branch
・Art Place Sunaba Coffee at Torigin Bunka Kaikan
・Sunaba Coffee Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport Branch
・Sunaba Coffee and Nidaime Murakami Suisan Sengyobu at Roadside Station Seiryu Chaya Kawahara
・Nashihara Sanso
・Sanin Seafood Robata Kaba Tottori Station Front Branch
・Sanin Seafood Robata Kaba Tottori Koyama Branch
・Ishigama Dining cumin
・Sosaku Ajidokoro Sorosoro
・IWADA BASE
・THE MILL’S
・Sunaba Coffee Bird Hat Branch
・Okome Pan chaleur
These restaurants are also listed as restaurants offering vegan menus on the Tottori City Tourism website.
