The Japanese Way of Eating Less Meat

It’s about balance

Kaki Okumura
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4 min readJul 17, 2020

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Watercolor illustration of a platter with a dish and three bowls of food, and chopsticks.
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It’s not that I don’t want to go vegan — thinking about the environmental impact of meat consumption and the health benefits of eating plant-based, it seems like an ideal lifestyle choice that would fall in line with my values.

But it can also be hard for multiple reasons.

Meat alternatives aren’t

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Kaki Okumura
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Born in Dallas, raised in New York and Tokyo. I care about helping others learn to live a better, healthier life. My site: www.kakikata.space 🌱