Summary of the presentation

Summary of the presentation

     Currently, there are about 100 restaurants which has menu for vegetarians, but many of them are in Chiyoda-ku and Minato-ku. In some areas, there are no restaurants friendly to vegetarians. Only 0.3% of the population of Japan are vegan, so many Japanese think they don’t need so many services for themselves. 24people answered to my survey and 22 of the answerers were Japanese, the other 2 were Philippines and American. In my survey, I asked whether they were vegetarians and also, whether they know anybody else who are vegetarians. Almost all people considered themselves and others as not vegetarians. In the next question, I knew that almost 80% of the answerers said that they think there are few services in Japan.

Some said that they rarely see menu for vegetarians. Also, outside of Tokyo (and even in many areas of Tokyo) vegetarian restaurants are few and far between. Although, one person wrote in the comment that it is possible to get kappa maki, natto maki, and kampyo maki at most kaiten sushi restaurants. 87% of answerers told that more restaurants which serve dishes for vegetarians, besides dishes for non-vegetarians are useful. 50% told me that selling more products which suit vegetarians at convenience stores are better for new future in Tokyo.

     From these data, I decided to set up an NGO group which supports to increase the number pf services for vegetarians in Tokyo by 2020, the Olympic year. The name of the NGO is Happy Eating. In 2020, the year Tokyo Olympics will be held, Tokyo will be full of foreign tourists. Also, many athletes will come to join the Olympic Games. When them come into the city of Tokyo, some people might not be able to find quickly what they can eat because of being a vegetarian. What I would like to do is to increase the service for vegetarians. In order to have more people interested in vegetarians, we will try to make vegetarian products and sell them in Convenience stores. Also, we are thinking of collaborating with Convenience store companies for increasing the products of healthy vegetarian foods. We recruit members through the Internet, and after the products are sold in Convenience Stores, we will recruit more members by sticking our website QR address on the package of the products. We will ask you to join us who has interest in Vegetarians, and also, anyone is welcomed who is energetic in supporting the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 2020.