Bento content

Do the bento boxes at train stations have any content information in english? I don't eat pork or beef, but everything else...

No, labels are in Japanese only.

There are no English lables, but contents are usually shown by either photographs or plastic samples.

Also you can always tell the clerk, "No pork, no beef." in Queen's English and they will understand.

But sometimes things like pork/beef extract is included to add flavor and it wouldn't be so obvious. If you are very strict about it, you can tell the clerk you have "a-re-ru-gii (allergy)" and tell them to "raberu o check shite kudasai (check the label, please)" Japanese clerks are more allert about allergies than they are about vegetarianism or religion.

My writing isn't great, but I guess if someone can type it up in Japanese, they can print it out and hand it over asking for any bentos that contain no pork or beef products.

豚肉・牛肉を使っていない弁当はありますか?
(Is there any bento that does not contain pork or beef?)

Print this out :)

Thank you very much!