Guides
Read before you fly.
What the card can't do on its own: reading packets, choosing places that already cater for you, and the questions worth asking. Grouped by what you can't eat.
Allergies
- Food allergies in Japanese The exact phrase for every major allergen, in kanji with readings, and the phrases to use when ordering.
- Japan's allergen labels, explained The nine mandatory allergens, where they hide on a konbini packet, why there's no "may contain", and where the labelling rules stop: restaurant menus.