Food diary - 5-16 May

Yuba, natto, rice, yastsuhashi, sashimi, daikon, crab, miso, pumpkin, green tea, cupcakes, sushi etc - food fit for princess!!!

Food diary - 1 May

Salmon, daikon, miso (obviously), vegetables and yeap, good ole tofu - a typical Japanese breakfast!

The hotel really presented our meals with care - so beautiful.

Food diary - 30 April

A feast of a dinner whilst staying in Nikko. Fish, vegetables, miso, an assortment of vegetables, different types of tofu and strawberries for dessert. Delicious!

Food diary - 28 April

God knows what we ate, it was karaoke night!

Food diary - 27 April

Food diary - 26 April

Breakfast: A perfectly presented box of saba (mackerel), tai (sea bream) and sake (salmon) sushi, a gift from my host aunt served with a pot of nihon-cha, that's green tea to y'all! Delicious!

Lunch: Just water & tea as I find sushi quite filling.

Dinner: A feast of grilled salmon, natto, rice with nori, grated burdock (horrid), daikon with shimeji mushrooms and a variety of other delights.

Food diary - 4 May

Breakfast: A glass of pink grapefruit juice and a bite of a Reese Peanut Butter cup (my first ever one), which was so ridiculously sweet, one bite was enough.

Snack (1330): A pot of green tea.

Super late lunch (1600): Nori with rice, natto, seaweed with sesame seed, a salad of cucumber, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 4 basil leaves and 6 sweet cherry tomatoes. Delicious!

Food diary - 25 April

Breakfast: Probiotics, green tea and a glass of hot water with lemon.

Lunch: Green tea and water throughout the day.

Dinner: Kimchi risotto at a macrobiotic restaurant in Harajuku called Mominoki House.

Food diary - 24 April

Too busy to eat so just tea and fruit all day - boy was I hungry!

Food diary - 23 April

Okonomiyaki, vegetable tempura, pickles, rice, salad - I can't even remember what I ate and don't know who the hell ordered, just that some sweet person ordered meat-free for me. Good peeps!

Food diary - 22 April

Breakfast: A large pot of jasmine tea.

Lunch: Miso with daikon & mushrooms.

Dinner: Strawberry milkshake followed but rum & raisin ice cream. Yep, I was so ill afterwards!

Food diary - 21 April

Breakfast: Hot water with lemon

Lunch: 2 soyjoy bars, a pot of green tea and several rice crackers

Dinner: Baked salmon with red cabbage, carrots and courgettes followed by victoria sponge cake - how English!

Food diary - 20 April

I did a 1-day water/herbal tea fast to help give the ole digestive system a break.

Food diary - 3 May

Breakfast (0800): A pot of hoji-cha, a large mug of hot water with lemon and a small cup of jasmine tea.

Lunch (1451): An avocado chopped with a clove of garlic, a dash of olive oil and the juice of half a lemon. A raw Japanese cucumber, a spoon of kimchi, raw mange tout, raw cherry tomatoes, raw bean sprouts, 3 slices of daikon in a vegetable broth with soba noodles.

Food diary - 29 April

Breakfast(0930): 2 banana, 12 strawberries and a New Zealand kiwi chopped up, a mug of green tea, a large glass of hot water with a slice of lemon and a pot of hojicha.

Herbal tea & hot water with lemon sustained me for the remainder of the day.

Food diary - 19 April

A Japanese snack made from agar, served with a touch of soy sauce and a little Japanese mustard (which actually tastes just like the English kind). The agar is shaped like spaghetti and has an al dente bite to it. Looks horrid but once you adjust to the texture, it's rather tasty.

Food diary - 18 April

A dessert made from sweet potato - not sure if I like it...

Food diary - 17 April

Food diary - 16 April

Food diary - 15 April

Breakfast: A small bowl of strawberries, a pot of jasmine tea and a glass of hot water with lemon.

Lunch: 2 slices of brioche, a pot of green tea and a Soyjoy bar.

Dinner: None

Food diary - 14 April

Breakfast (1100): A pot of genmaicha tea, sardines and rice topped with seaweed.

Lunch : None.

Dinner (1930): A small bowl of rice (with added quinoa-type grains), tofu mixed with green peppers, misso with mushrooms and the most delectable umeboshi ever! Plus a tiny glass of plum flavoured sake. This was followed with hojicha.

Food diary - 13 April

Breakfast: Herbal tea, a bottle of Volvic and a banana.

Lunch (1630): Rye bread with avocado, cherry tomatoes, coriander and other delicious raw things.