A ramen shop using free-ranged eggs, “Kakurenosato Araki“, is cage-free

In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, a ramen shop, Kakurenosato Araki in Aira City, Kagoshima Prefecture, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration.

This shop uses “Otafuku egg“, which are some of the few free ranged eggs in Japan.

The owner says,

The cost of each cage-free egg, which takes into consideration the chicken’s environment and food, is of course high, but to support young people’s town development and cage-free poultry, as long as I continue this ramen shop I would like to continue using these wonderful eggs that won an ethical award.

In Japan, over 90% of the farms uses battery cage rearing, confining chickens in cages.

It’s misleading to say that that’s healthy, and it’s definitely not natural.

Caged chickens

On the other hand, there do exist a few cage-free egg farms, which allow chickens to roam.

Cage-free chickens   (not the farm where Kakurenosato Araki sources eggs from.  Another cage-free farm.)

Caged rearing is being abolished all over the world, but Japan’s animal welfare is currently far behind.

A simple thing we can do to reduce the number of hens who continue getting exploited in their cages and go through life immobilized is for the consumers to stop buying cage-reared eggs and eliminate our egg consumption.

People who become aware of the actual situations and make humane and ethical choices today are what will lead to a sustainable future.