Before you go
VeganLast checked:
- Nearest station / access
- 5 min from Hommachi Sta. exit 15
- Price range
- ¥ — under ¥1,500
Not confirmed
Check with the restaurant before you visit.
- Hours (3 sources, 3 schedules)
- Official SNS
- Exact menu prices
- Mirin details
Verification notes
- "Green Earth is a vegan restaurant" (official EN site)
- Daily-changing vegan lunch, no MSG
- Card OK, non-smoking
A quiet veteran of Osaka’s plant-based scene: Green Earth in Hommachi serves daily-changing vegan lunches that borrow from cuisines around the world, made without MSG. Its official site states plainly that it is a vegan restaurant. One practical warning: published opening hours are inconsistent across sources — treat it as a weekday-lunch place and call ahead (06-6251-1245).
What We Verified
- “Green Earth is a vegan restaurant” — stated on the official English site, with daily-changing vegan/vegetarian lunch sets and no MSG. Checked July 5, 2026.
- Location — Kyuho Bldg., 4-2-2 Kitakyuhoji-machi; 5 min from Hommachi Sta. exit 15.
- Payment & seating — card accepted, fully non-smoking (Hot Pepper listing).
- Budget-friendly — lunch roughly ¥1,000–2,000.
What We Could Not Confirm
- Opening hours — three sources give three different schedules (official site: Mon–Sat 11:30–17:00; others show weekday-only or Saturday-evening patterns). Weekday lunch is the safest bet; call before making a trip.
- Official social media accounts.
- Current menu items and exact prices.
- Mirin / seasoning alcohol.
What to Order
The daily vegan lunch set — main, sides, and soup, different every day. Evening use is reservation-based for groups.
Useful Phrases
全メニュー完全に植物由来ですか?
Zenmenyū kanzen ni shokubutsu yurai desu ka? — “Is every menu item fully plant-based?”卵や乳製品の代替は何を使っていますか?
Tamago ya nyūseihin no daitai wa nani o tsukatte imasu ka? — “What do you use as egg or dairy substitutes?”五葷(にんにく・玉ねぎ)は使っていますか?
Gokun (ninniku, tamanegi) wa tsukatte imasu ka? — “Do you use five pungent roots such as garlic and onion?”
Restaurant Information
| Name | Green Earth (グリーンアース) |
|---|---|
| Address (EN) | Kyuho Bldg., 4-2-2 Kitakyuhoji-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka |
| Address (JA) | 大阪市中央区北久宝寺町4-2-2 久宝ビル |
| Access | 5 min from Hommachi Sta. exit 15 |
| Hours | Roughly weekday lunch 11:30–16:00/17:00 — sources conflict, call ahead |
| Closed | Sundays & holidays (some sources differ) |
| Price | ¥ (lunch ~¥1,000–2,000) |
| Reservation | Phone only — 06-6251-1245 (evening group bookings possible) |
| Official site | osaka-vegetarian-ge.com |
Map
The Long-Running Weekday Lunch
Green Earth has been serving vegan lunches from the same Hommachi block for long enough — well over a decade — that it functions in central Osaka as the default answer to “is there a vegan restaurant near here?” Its style is a quiet daily-menu-changes vegetarian-restaurant format that’s more common in Europe than in Japan — a rotating international menu (a Thai-leaning green curry on Monday, a Mediterranean-leaning bowl on Tuesday, and so on) — cooked with no MSG, served at a comfortable weekday-lunch price point. The main friction, and it’s real, is the opening-hours confusion. Different sources give different schedules, the shop’s own site describes a range that not all of the other sources agree with, and the safest assumption is that Green Earth is primarily a weekday lunch destination and that calling ahead is not optional. Once you’ve solved that, it’s one of the best-value plant-based meals in central Osaka.
Please double-check before you visit. Restaurant menus and policies can change without notice. This listing was verified on the date shown above using the sources described in How We Verify. If your requirements are strict, please confirm directly with the restaurant — and if you spot something outdated, let us know. Full disclaimer here.