Visiting Japan

Does Japan have like.. mcdonalds and subway scattered around or is it pretty ..pure?

If you're really stuck I guess you could buy some bread and peanut butter

it does have subway and macca's

LOL. Yep I have already done a Happy Cow search, but thanks  

It's pretty hard to be a good veg in Japan, they put fish sauce in nearly everything!

Convenience stores are your best bet, they have salads and onigiri which are pretty safe. Onigiri are those triangle things covered in seaweed, filled with rice and different fillings. The convenience store at Hiroshima Station lists in English what's in each one, there's a few that are just pickled vegetables.

There's plenty of international food like Indian or Italian available which should be safe.

Before my last trip in January, I made a few little cards in Japanese that explained that I'm vegetarian and listed what I don't eat, and asks for help in finding something on the menu. Maybe you could ask a Japanese/Japanese-speaking friend to help you make something like that? Then you don't have to worry so much about explaining it to them

Yuck! Fish sauce! I've never ever liked seafood!! Which areas of Japan have you been to? Do you have any recommendations of things to do (other than visit temples/shrines/gardens), particularly in Osaka or Kyoto if you have been?

I have a friend who is vego and visits Japan often, he said that it is one of the best places to be vego cos the food is amazing but yeah it can be difficult know what is and isn't vegetarian. Cos of labels. He survives it without any Japanese language skills, I hope it goes well for you! Good luck

I just found out that me and my family will be going to Japan in September and I'm really excited but a little concerned that finding Vegetarian food will be difficult. I am Pescetarian (because of my home situation) but I only eat fish about once a month as I prefer eating Vegetarian meals for a variety of reasons. My mother and brother (my mother especially) are quite open-minded about Vegetarian food and we often have vegetarian meals at home however we are going with a friend of mine and her family who are very omni and do not really understand why I am a Pescetarian and probably won't go to a Vegetarian restaurant.
We will be having dinner with them most if not all of the nights we are there. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do.

So if anyone has any suggestions or advice they would be greatly appreciated

Thank you