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Vegan restaurants in Shinjuku: which ones are 100% plant-based
Yes — and three of them are 100% plant-based
As of 2026-09-23, three Shinjuku kitchens state on their own websites that everything they serve is plant-based: AIN SOPH. Journey and NEO Shinjuku Atsushi by Shinjuku-sanchome, and the HealthyTOKYO CBD Shop & Cafe in the basement of Shinjuku Marui Honkan. Isetan's Green Italian TORCIA and plant more in LUMINE 1 cook a large vegan menu but also serve meat and fish.
Everything below was checked on 2026-09-23 against each venue's own page — or, where a venue has no website, its own shop listing. Hours and menus in Japan change without notice, so treat times as a starting point and confirm on the day. The harder thing to confirm is not the clock but the dashi: fish stock, plus egg and dairy, hide inside dishes that look entirely vegetable-based (why dashi is the difficult part).
100% plant-based, stated by the venue itself
AIN SOPH. Journey — 3-8-9 Shinjuku, Shinjuku Q Building (B1/1F/2F), by exit C5 of Shinjuku-sanchome. Its own site calls it a cafe-restaurant serving 完全菜食 — fully vegan — meals and sweets, so nothing on the menu needs a dashi question. Lunch 11:30–16:00 on weekdays (L.O. 15:30) and 11:30–17:00 on weekends and holidays (L.O. 16:00); dinner 18:00–21:30 (L.O. 21:00). We keep a separate page on AIN SOPH. Journey Shinjuku.
NEO Shinjuku Atsushi — 4F at 3-3-7 Shinjuku, which the restaurant's site places 30 seconds from exit C3 of Shinjuku-sanchome. A neon, science-fiction dining room whose site describes the current core menu as a 完全菜食 (fully plant-based) series built on soy meat and mycoprotein — and which also says it intends to serve non-vegetarian items in future, so this is a dated statement rather than a permanent one. Lunch Wednesday–Sunday 11:00–17:00; dinner daily 18:00–23:00, with a ¥500 seat charge in the evening. The site is in Japanese.
HealthyTOKYO CBD Shop & Cafe — B1 of Shinjuku Marui Honkan, 3-30-13 Shinjuku. The location page calls the shop 100% vegan and states that the cafe items are all vegan; both CBD-infused and CBD-free items are on the menu. That page printed opening hours of 8:00–21:00 on 2026-09-23, but the cafe sits inside a department store, so read the hours off the official page on the day you go.
A vegan patisserie with no website
marbre vegan — 2-1-5 Shinjuku, Parkside Square 1F, two minutes from exit 1 of Shinjuku-gyoenmae. A cake shop that trades as a vegan patisserie. It has no website, and its shop listing carries only the address and phone (03-6380-6898), so the day's case and any irregular closures are posted on its own Instagram account, @marbre_vegan.
Vegan-friendly: a big plant-based menu, but meat and fish too
Green Italian TORCIA — 7F of Isetan Shinjuku Main Building, 3-14-1 Shinjuku. Its site says it offers both conventional modern Italian food and a vegan menu made with plant ingredients, in quantity — which makes it a place to order from one half of the menu, not a vegan restaurant. 11:00–22:00 (lunch 11:00–15:00, tea 15:00–17:00, dinner 17:00–22:00, L.O. 21:00).
plant more — 6F of LUMINE 1, the closest of these seven to Shinjuku Station itself. LUMINE's own floor guide describes plant-based meal plates alongside meat and fish dishes, with every dessert — cakes and soft-serve sundaes — made from plant ingredients only. 11:00–21:00 (L.O. food 20:00, drinks 20:30).
Vegetable-forward, but don't assume vegan
slowfood & wine KiboKo — 4F at 2-5-8 Shinjuku, two minutes from exit C5 of Shinjuku-sanchome. It is listed elsewhere as a vegan wine bar, but the shop's own listing describes it as an organic vegetable small-plate wine bar and never uses the word vegan. Treat it as vegetable-forward and ask before ordering. (An earlier version of this guide placed it in the fully vegan group; the shop's own listing does not support that.)
How to walk it
The fully plant-based kitchens sit in a short line east of the station: AIN SOPH. Journey and NEO Shinjuku Atsushi at Shinjuku-sanchome, marbre vegan a few minutes further east by Shinjuku Gyoen — so a strict vegan can cover the set on foot in an afternoon. Of the two department-store options, only plant more is at the station itself, in LUMINE 1; TORCIA is inside Isetan, back on the same Shinjuku-sanchome stretch. If this is your first plant-based trip to Japan, start with is Japan vegan-friendly?, then browse every spot we have logged under /dietary/vegan.
Places we’ve confirmed
AIN SOPH. Journey Shinjuku
Heavenly Vegan Pancakes
The Shinjuku birthplace of the cloud-soft 'Heavenly Vegan Pancakes' that draw queues from vegans and non-vegans alike, with gluten-free options on the same menu.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Date
- Solo
Sources
- AIN SOPH. Journey Shinjuku — shop page (address, hours, 完全菜食 statement)
- NEO新宿アツシ — MENU (plant-based menu, address, hours, seat charge)
- NEO新宿アツシ — concept page ("現在ご提供する中心メニューは、植物性素材を使った完全菜食シリーズ")
- HealthyTOKYO CBD Shop & Cafe Shinjuku Marui Honkan — location page (B1 address, all-vegan cafe menu, gluten-free items)
- marbre vegan — shop listing (address, Parkside Square 1F, Shinjuku-gyoenmae exit 1, phone)
- Green Italian TORCIA — official site (Isetan Shinjuku 7F, hours, "従来のモダンイタリアンと植物性食材を使用したヴィーガンメニューどちらも豊富")
- plant more — LUMINE Shinjuku floor guide (LUMINE 1, 6F, hours, plant-based plates and all-plant desserts)
- お野菜小皿料理のワインバル KiboKo — shop listing (organic vegetable small plates; the word vegan does not appear)
FAQ
- Are there fully vegan restaurants in Shinjuku?
- Yes. As of 2026-09-23, three venues state on their own sites that everything they serve is plant-based: AIN SOPH. Journey (3-8-9 Shinjuku, by Shinjuku-sanchome exit C5), NEO Shinjuku Atsushi (4F, 3-3-7 Shinjuku, 30 seconds from exit C3) and the HealthyTOKYO CBD Shop & Cafe in the basement of Shinjuku Marui Honkan. marbre vegan, a vegan cake shop near Shinjuku-gyoenmae, has no website, so its claim rests on its own shop channels.
- Is slowfood & wine KiboKo a vegan restaurant?
- Not according to the shop itself. KiboKo (4F, 2-5-8 Shinjuku) is often listed elsewhere as a vegan wine bar, but its own shop listing describes it as an organic vegetable small-plate wine bar and never uses the word vegan. Treat it as vegetable-forward and confirm animal ingredients before ordering.
- Are Isetan's Green Italian TORCIA and LUMINE's plant more fully vegan?
- No — both are vegan-friendly rather than vegan. TORCIA, on the 7th floor of Isetan Shinjuku Main Building, says it serves conventional modern Italian food and a plant-based vegan menu side by side. plant more, on the 6th floor of LUMINE 1, serves plant-based plates alongside meat and fish, though LUMINE's floor guide says all of its desserts are made from plant ingredients only.
- Which vegan option in Shinjuku is closest to Shinjuku Station?
- plant more, on the 6th floor of LUMINE 1, is the shortest walk from Shinjuku Station of the seven venues in this guide, but it is vegan-friendly rather than fully vegan. The fully plant-based kitchens sit a little east, clustered between Shinjuku-sanchome and Shinjuku-gyoenmae.