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Hi Everyone! I received an email from a reader about the foods to avoid in Japan while traveling to Tokyo on business while she was pregnant two months. Here is my answer based on my experience of becoming pregnant in Tokyo last year - if you have some suggestions or recommendations please do not hesitate to write them in the comments section below

Question

Hi Kate ! I'm from New York and I'm going to tokyo with business colleagues for 5 days. I also happen to be 8 wks along. Its dishes / foods should I order at a restaurant? Should I avoid? I tried searching online and found only info about the Japanese American food, which I know is so much different. Any suggestions on websites to see?

Answer

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Japan has so many delicious foods that I think you will find it easy to enjoy a meal in your trip☺! Some of my favorites include yakiniku, shabu shabu, sukiyaki, shougayaki (ginger pork), and tempura.

In the case of foods to avoid, here are some notes from my own experience of being pregnant in Tokyo last year, as well as tips for having a business dinner (especially if you are in the first trimester and chose not to co- someone you have not you are pregnant):

Sushi and other raw meat:

- I'm from Australia and is generally advisable to avoid eating raw seafood while pregnant, so I follow this advice even in Japan (or raw meat for that matter!). I hear that although some Japanese women still eat sushi while pregnant - probably because the sushi is so fresh? I'm not sure, but I personally do not want to risk

-. If you go to a sushi restaurant with co-workers or business associates (and you do not want to say that you are pregnant), it may be difficult to resist eating raw sushi. Me, I will try and avoid going to a sushi restaurant at all, because if you go to a working dinner in Japan with Japanese business clients, they will want you to taste all the traditional Japanese food and may be rude to refuse. Unless you say you are allergic to seafood of course :-) Sometimes the client will ask you first what you like to eat, or what Japanese food that you will want to try - if so, tell them you want to try yakiniku, tempura, or soba noodles, for example

-. If you end up going to a restaurant where the sushi was served, and it is difficult to refuse, I will try to choose salmon or white fish (avoid large fish such as tuna). Another option would eat eel (called "unagi" in Japanese) -. eel is never served raw, so you will be guaranteed that it is cooked

- Sushi train restaurant would be easier to go as they have an alternative such as cooked salmon sushi ( "yaki-salmon"), egg sushi ( "tamago ") and cucumber roll of nori (" kappa-maki ") are provided so you can book it

-. Sometimes a working dinner held at an Izakaya (Japanese bar) and there will be a selection of small dishes are placed in the middle of the table and everyone shares. Some dishes were raw as raw chicken, raw horse meat, or raw seafood, so just be aware of what each dish contains. It is usually possible to know whether it is the default of appearance, but sometimes the chicken for example will only be cooked on the surface and when you bite into it you realize that really raw in the middle! Usually there is fried chicken, salad, and other cooked food such as yakitori are also available, so it should be easy to choose what to eat without being noticed

Alcohol :.

- You probably already know, but people often drink alcohol when they go out for a business dinner in Japan! Not everyone drinks alcohol even though (I know some of my Japanese friends and colleagues who do not drink for personal reasons / health), so if you explain that you do not drink alcohol so no one should be offended. Bar and restaurant always had non-alcoholic beverages are provided including tea ulong, juices and soft drinks, so you can still join in the fun

Other links:

Here's a big one post by Surviving Japanese Ashley on her blog that list.

I'm sure other mothers and expecting mothers who live in Japan also have some very good suggestions! I think this topic should be discussed in the group of Facebook Groups Tokyo pregnancy, but because it is a closed group of pregnant women traveling to Japan can not see it. If you have some suggestions or recommendations for the shares would be fantastic if you could write them below in coMments section so travelers can find them easily. Thank you very much!

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Love this post! This is exactly the information I was looking for! Well, I'm not going to go to Japan for business, but to relax so do not tell everyone not an issue for me. Although I would love to have your opinion if there are too many dishes that I can not try. I love to try new food ingredient and it is an important part of the holiday. I do not eat meat so this would not be a problem, but the fish love. What do you think? Are there a lot of raw fish served or raw vegetables is not recommended to eat when pregnant?

Thanks for posting thiugtg. This is very useful for me as well.

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