Tokyo Cityscape

Your Gluten-Free Journey Starts Here.

Explore Tokyo with confidence using our expert-curated travel guides, crafted specifically for wheat-free travelers.

Maki
MakiHer husband, runs this site
Komemaru
KomemaruGluten-free since her twenties

Who we are

Komemaru & Maki

A husband and wife in Tokyo. There is no research team behind this site, just the two of us, and between us we have covered this ground properly.

Komemaru went gluten-free after an autoimmune diagnosis in her twenties, and it is what gave her health back. Maki spent over ten years as a management consultant, and he now uses that to work out what is genuinely safe and to get it written down in English.

We read the Japanese labels, ask the kitchen the awkward questions, and eat the food. Every place we recommend is one we have been to ourselves, and there are more than 100 of them so far.

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The Guide

Gluten-Free Tokyo Planning Guide

The Gluten-Free Tokyo Planning Guide: guidebook, quick-reference card, and restaurant map

Discover the best wheat-free dining in the city with our expert-curated digital guide. Handpicked by locals who share your dietary needs to ensure every meal is safe, delicious, and stress-free.

  • 100+ spots we visited and confirmed in person
  • Custom Google Map you can use on the go
  • Model courses for each area of Tokyo
  • 3 printable allergy cards in Japanese
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Komemaru & Maki | Gluten-Free Japan

Now on YouTube

Everything about enjoying Japan gluten-free, in under a minute each: the shops we ate at, the dishes to watch out for, and how to plan the trip. Narrated by us, from our own visits.

  • Short videos in English, one topic at a time
  • Real visits, real plates, no stock footage
  • Written for a mild wheat allergy, with notes for celiac readers
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Planning a trip?

Start with our free two-page checklist: what to do, and when, from six months out to your days in Tokyo.

Free: the Gluten-Free Japan Pre-Trip Checklist

What to do, and when, from six months out to your days in Tokyo. Two pages, for your phone or for print.

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