Back to our first Japan trip in 2013, we had a full day to spent in Nagoya. Arrived at 8 am in Chubu International Airport, we got to Nagoya Station by train with less than ¥900. Since we had time until midnight before depart to Tokyo, we took time exploring this city by foot all day long…
make sure to wear your most comfortable footwear before traveling by foot
Here we are sharing things that you possibly do while walking around Nagoya:
Selamat menjalankan ibadah Ramadan bagi seluruh muslim! Sebagai muslim traveler, pengalaman berada di negeri orang saat Bulan Suci gini pasti seru. Mulai dari repotnya nyiapain makanan sahur dan berbuka, sampai lemas lunglai menjalani puasa yang lebih dari 18 jam. Tapi yang namanya Ramadan itu selalu indah, apa lagi kebersamaannya yang tetap terasa meski jauh dari orang-orang tercinta (awas, curcol!).
Kalau ada yang kebetulan lagi jalan dan singgah di Haneda Airport, kami punya info supaya ibadah Ramadannya tetap afdol meski sedang di negeri Sakura. Sekitar dua tahun lalu, kami pernah mampir ke sini dan cerita sedikit tentang bandara satu ini. Setahun kemudian kami kembali ke Haneda Airport dan ada satu perubahan signifikan (terutama untuk pelancong muslim) yang terjadi, alhamdulillah…
Prayer Room di Terminal Internasional Haneda Airport
It’s official name is actually Tokyo Camii & Turkish Culture Center. In Turkish, Camii means Mosque. The shape of the building and its interior design have reminded us of all the mosques we saw in Istanbul.
What do you do when you are hungry? You’ll look for food, right? But when the desired food is not there for some reasons, you’ll find alternatives. Anything will do, as long as your stomach is fed. Well, in some cases its ingredients and our budget constrain. That was basically what happened while we were starving in Roppongi.
To be honest, we came up with this post by accident. It’s all thanks to a restaurant that was closed during our visit. We looked for other alternatives, and found out that there are quite a few of Halal food along this Tokyo’s high-class area .
Ada yang suka banget sama manga/dorama Bambino! seperti kami? Setelah berhasil nemu bangunan Baccanale Resto di Tokyo, gimana kalau suatu hari nanti kita main ke kampung halaman Ban Shogo di Fukuoka? Jalan-jalan sambil napak tilas beberapa tempat yang muncul di dorama dan menikmati makanan khas kota ini, yuk!
Sebagai kota pelabuhan, ga heran kalau Tokyo memiliki pasar ikan dan seafood terbesar di dunia bernama Tsukiji Fish Market. Kalau di Jakarta mungkin semacam Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa ya. Tidak hanya hasil tangkapan dari perairan Jepang, tangkapan dari nelayan Jepang di seluruh dunia pun mampir ke pasar ikan ini untuk dijual dengan total sekitar 700.000 ton persegi seafood dalam setahun! [1] Kok bisa sih segitu banyaknya? Ya karena terkait dengan pola konsumsi orang Jepang yang emang doyan makan ikan. Awalnya sih mereka makan ikan bukan cuma karena doyan, tapi emang sempat ada pelarangan makan daging selama beberapa abad di Era Kofun [2]. Selain untuk konsumsi, ikan juga menjadi salah satu bahan persembahan bagi dewa di kuil-kuil. Jadi wajar kan kalau Jepang punya pasar ikan terbesar di dunia. Untuk kualitas jangan ditanya, karena orang Jepang sering makan dalam bentuk mentah, maka hanya kualitas terbaik dan paling segar yang dijual di sini.
Peta Tsukiji Fish Market
As one of muslim-friendly cities in Japan, Osaka provides information about halal food and prayer rooms. Those are the basic information for muslim travelers. Not only owns prayer rooms, this city even has a mosque.
Osaka Mosque/Masjid
Oh my, KIX Airport is on of the best airports in Japan, especially for muslims. In addition to the prayer room, it also has Halal certified restaurants. This time, we tried THE U-don.
Kansai International Airport, KIX in short, is one of muslim-friendly airports in Japan. In its Terminal 1, there is praying room dedicated to muslim travelers coming to Kansai area.
Berawal dari rasa penasaran pengen makan Kobe Beef, tapi setelah dicari-cari belum ada restoran di Osaka yang menawarkan Kobe Beef halal. Ya sudahlah kami pun membelokkan pilihan ke Wagyu halal. Satu-satunya restorang yang menyediakan Wagyu Halal yang kami temukan di Genji Restaurant, Hotel Hilton Osaka. Naik pesawat LCC tapi pengen makan di tempat mahal ya kami ini contohnya. Padahal ga pernah sekali pun di Indonesia kami makan di resto kelas atas. Sumpah belagu banget! Tapi dasar emang kami kere, harga untuk lunch course per orang-nya selalu dibanding-bandingin sama biaya pengeluaran kami yang lain. Makanya postingan ini bakal panjang, hahahaha (ga mau rugi).
It’s all began from our curiosity to taste Kobe Beef. We tried to find any restaurant that serve halal Kobe Beef in Osaka but there were none. So we decided to taste the real Wagyu instead. The restaurant we found to serve it is Genji Restaurant at Hilton Hotel Osaka. Even though we fly with LCC airlines, but we eat at a high class restaurant. LOL. This post gonna be long coz we already paid so much for the meal, hahahaha.
Intergalactic Yeah! 