Japan

 

Loving Hut Received Favorably in Japan

By Tokyo News Group (Originally in Japanese)

[Tokyo] In September, Golden Year 8 (2011), fellow initiates from the Tokyo Loving Hut had the good fortune to begin selling frozen vegan food and lunchboxes at the prestigious Matsuzakaya Ginza Department Store. The number of customers purchasing the items has increased daily and almost all have been non-vegetarians. After three months, the nutritious, affordable lunchboxes gained a remarkable reputation through word of mouth, and many customers have even asked for copies of the Go Veg to Mitigate Climate Change DVDs.

Moreover, in December the Imperial Palace in Tokyo ordered 13 vegan lunchboxes from Loving Hut for members of the World Peace Prayer Society, who are also part of the Imperial Palace Volunteers Group. Members of the Group are regularly selected from among honorable citizens across Japan to perform clean-up work at the Palace, and have the privilege of meeting the Emperor. Later, the Group’s contact person, Madam Akiba, enthusiastically thanked the initiates by phone, praising the food as being delectable and full of love, and expressing her wholehearted support for the restaurant’s ideals. She also sent a thank-you card and placed more vegan-lunch orders for the volunteer groups scheduled to work at the Palace in April and May 2012. In a country where the plant-based diet is still uncommon, it is a great honor for the Loving Hut to be chosen by the Imperial Palace to provide vegan food to these respected citizens. The initiates are deeply grateful to Master for Her love and blessing.