Among cities in Japan other than Tokyo, it’s probably Osaka that really cater the need for Muslim traveler. Halal/Muslim-friendly Restaurants are easy to find. Their airport has a special map guide for Muslim. There are quite a number of prayer rooms across the city, even in the city center, like the one we visited in Namba.
It’s late, but let us say to our ultimate Johnny’s “idol” Ikuta Toma -kun: 誕生日おめでとう!! ♥♥
To celebrate it, we would like to take you to a shrine with his name on it. Although it has nothing to do with him, Ikuta Shrine is surely an interesting place for Toma’s fangirls/boys. Why? Nothing, it’s just because of his name. LoL. Ok, kindly read through this post and decide.
Ikuta Shrine (生田神社)
Fukuoka menjadi salah satu kota yang sering jadi perhelatan konser idol JE. Seperti pada musim dingin tahun lalu kami ke Fukuoka pada hari yang sama dengan konser Arashi. Walhasil, susaaaaahhh…. banget nyari akomodasi budget, apalagi kalau lokasinya pengen deket dengan stasiun Hakata. Untung aja kami berhasil mendapatkan satu kamar terakhir di Kia Ora BudgetStay, Fukuoka.
pic taken from official website
We found this cafe by chance. We were visiting the filming location of Bambino in Momochi Seaside Park, Fukuoka when suddenly the rain starts pouring. The wind blow so strong that we had to look up for a place we could wait until the rain stopped. Avex Beach Paradise Cafe is the first cafe we spot on at that time.
Satu lagi tempat wajib di Jepang yang harus dikunjungi oleh fans Snoopy, yaitu Snoopy Museum Tokyo. Sesuai namanya, museum yang baru dibuka April 2016 ini berisi sejarah dan barang-barang dari komik strip buatan Charles M. Schulz.
Agustus menjadi bulan bersejarah bagi Indonesia dan juga Jepang. Kedua negara ini memang punya latar belakang yang bertautan. Di sekolah dulu pasti ada pelajaran yang membahas kejadian di Agustus 1945: pengeboman di Hiroshima dan Nagasaki, serta kemerdekaan Indonesia. Di sini kita bakal bahas lagi, tapi secara ringan dari sudut pandang traveler 😉
Tepat di hari ini 72 tahun lalu, Hiroshima luluh lantak oleh bom yang dijatuhkan oleh tentara Amerika pada akhir Perang Dunia II. Dampaknya tidak hanya kehancuran kota dan korban jiwa, karena bertahun-tahun kemudian efek radiasi bom nuklir itu masih ada. Tapi Jepang bangkit, dan Hiroshima menjadi salah satu tujuan wisata karena kisahnya.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial – UNESCO’s World Heritage
Yay for another requested filming location post! This time is “Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu” which aired in NTV on Spring this year. Katayose Ryota from GENERATION became the lead actor here, and as LDH fans of course we just have to cover the filming location for this dorama! The locations are scattered around on several places such as Tokyo, Yokohama, and Saitama. If you have plan to visit these locations, we suggest to focus on the one in Yokohama.
Happy birthday Ninomiya Kazunari! We know it’s late. But you’re the forever 17 liners, so it won’t matter, right? Here’s another special post to celebrate Nino month.
When you are in Kobe and you are a big fan of Ninomiya Kazunari, please do pay a visit to this area. It is totally unrelated to our Neen, but it is sure fun to find the place and take picture with his name written everywhere.
二宮神社 = Ninomiya Jinja
Hello June! Hello Nino’s month!
Since Kazu’s birthday is approaching, we would like to have Nino-centric posts for this month’s edition. First, we have Johnny’s trivia just like a year ago. From its name, do you have any idea what it is and where it is located?
a street in Milan, it is.
Biasanya setiap kali jalan ke Jepang, kami selalu memilih hostel atau guesthouse yang punya kamar private room (dan ada TV di dalam kamar). Alasan utamanya tentu saja supaya bebas buka hijab dalam kamar. Lagipula biasanya harga untuk private room yang diisi berdua tidak jauh berbeda dengan harga satu bed di kamar dorm. Tapi pada saat kami ke Fukuoka awal tahun ini bertepatan dengan konser Arashi “Are You Happy?”, kami terpaksa menginap kamar dorm di satu-satunya tempat relatif murah yang masih tersedia. Hampir semua tempat (kecuali hotel bintang 5 pas kami ngecek di booking-com) sudah full booked diisi oleh fans Arashi yang datang dari segala penjuru Jepang (dan luar Jepang). Termasuk hostel tempat kami menginap, Tonagi Hostel & Cafe. Luar biasa memang fans Arashi!
Intergalactic Yeah! 