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THANK YOU for the link. Read through the whole thing. Didn't eat for >24 hours and started to feel A LOT better. Still sick, but nowhere near yesterday sick. I decided to just talk/explain in detail how sick the food made me to one of my relatives who was very understanding. She is going to explain to other relatives that I won't be able to eat the...

just realized I wasn't directly responding to you - response above and below this post I'm quoting

My Japanese speaking is a bit more advanced than that (though still basic) so I think you can hold back on the research for phrases or apps. Again, appreciate it. Will look into Amazon overnight- never even crossed my mind. Thank you!

I can converse at a basic level but relatives who are Okinawan and live here were supposed to help me (they do not speak English). I also have a printout in kana and kanji explaining my dietary restrictions. Relatives intentions are 100% good but clearly do not understand cross contamination and that even if they cannot see the "mugi" it will still make me...

I'm in Okinawa for a week to visit family and for research-related reasons, and despite research on eating gluten-free in Okinawa, things have been unexpected and going wrong from the start. I've been here for 24 hours now and have already ingested at least 3 items with gluten (I just got over what doctor was pretty sure was refractory celiac and was...