@itadakihealthy: My favorite is black sesame! 😍 And yours? 💚 Hi I’m itadakihealthy, a vegan nutritionist living in Japan for 12 years! 👉🏻How to be vegan in Japan? Grab your copy of “The Ultimate Vegan Guide for Japan!” 147 pages packed with vegan info (last updated May 25th, 2026) 💚 OR just book a vegan shopping tour with me! 😍 Links in bio! Yatsuhashi (八つ橋) is one of Kyoto’s most famous traditional sweets. The soft version, called nama yatsuhashi, is a chewy rice flour sweet that’s naturally gluten-free. There’s also a baked version, which is crispy and has a texture similar to a thin cookie or cracker. And the good news for vegans: many flavors are accidentally plantbased! 🤩 Currently vegan-friendly flavors I found at Nishio Yatsuhashi include: Nama yatsuhashi (soft): • Cinnamon (Nikki) • Matcha • Strawberry • Peach • Mandarin • Ramune soda • Mango • Black sesame Baked yatsuhashi (crispy): • Cinnamon (Nikki) • Matcha ❗️Not every yatsuhashi is vegan, though. For example, the banana chocolate flavor contains dairy, and some flavors that seem vegan (such as plum) may contain cochineal (コチニール色素), a red food coloring made from insects. The flavors listed above are vegan-friendly, but ingredients can vary depending on the manufacturer and Yatsuhashi brand, so it’s always worth checking the label before you buy. Have you tried yatsuhashi before? Which flavor would you pick? Let me know in the comments! ❗️One more thing to keep in mind: the sugar used in yatsuhashi may or may not be vegan. In Japan, there’s roughly a 50/50 chance that sugar has been refined using bone char. Unfortunately, this isn’t something you’ll find on the ingredient label: you can only find out by contacting the manufacturer directly. Whether you choose to avoid bone-char-refined sugar is a personal decision. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 #vegan #vegantravel #veganinjapan #veganinkyoto #yatsuhashi

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