• Eating in Japan with a gluten intolerance
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    Eating in Japan with a gluten intolerance

    My husband and I recently came back from our first trip to Japan. We didn’t plan it this way but it turned out to be a Buddhist/food trip. It was perfect! However, eating in Japan with a gluten intolerance can be challenging. The only thing that always worries me a little every time I travel is the gluten. I don’t need to avoid it completely because I don’t have Coeliac Disease (CD), but I am intolerant to gluten. Like every intolerance (e.g. lactose, histamines), symptoms may occur when a certain threshold is passed. In my case, I can get away with eating some fermented gluten-containing foods (e.g. soy sauce, sourdough)…