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Table of Contents
I.

Introduction ................................................ 2

II.

Halal Food in Japan ................................... 3

List of Kanji for
Haram and
Doubted
Ingredients
Halal Food in
Campus Cafetaria
Halal Food
Outside Campus

III.

Salat / Prayer ............................................. 13

Mushalla at
Campus
Mosque Around
Tokyo
Strategy for
Shalat Outside
Campus/Mosque

IV.

Other .......................................................... 17
Muslim Friendly
Housing
TTMC Event

Introduction
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,
Welcome to all new muslim students of tokodai!!
Whosoever relieves from a believer some grief pertaining
to this world, Allah will relieve from him some grief
pertaining to the Hereafter. ... Allah will aid a servant (of
His) so long as the servant aids his brother. Whosoever
follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make
easy for him a path to Paradise. ... [Hadist Muslim]
In this book, we want to share a little bit information
about adaptive guide for muslim (especially in japan).
Maybe most of us used to live in muslim-majority
country, so coming here to Japan which is a muslimminority country, we might find some difficulties. Here
we would like to share two most common problem we
find here as a muslim, and how to deal (get used) with it.
Hopefully this book will help you to adapt in Japan

Tokyo Tech Muslim Community (TTMC)

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Halal Food in Japan

In muslim-majority countries, we can find halal food so easily, in
restaurant, street food, and many other places by default. But
here is different. Pork, khamr, and many other forbidden food for
muslim are generally consumed here. So we need to be extra
selective and careful to find food that we can consume.
Below is the list of haram and doubted ingredients list based on
the analysis of our muslim brothers and sisters who had lived in
japan for years. For the main references, you can see in here:
1. Al Maeda: 3
2. Al Baqara: 172-173
3. Al Anaam: 145
4. Al Maeda: 90
5. Hadith Muslim, Book of Drinks, 4956-4960

List of Kanji for Haram and Doubted Ingredients

Haram Ingredients
No.

Japanese

Reading

Meaning

Butaniku, pooku

pork

Gyuuniku, biifu

beef

Toriniku, chikin

chicken

(no. 1~3)+ (no. 1~3) + ekisu

tonshi

Pork fat

raado

lard

gyuushi

Beef fat

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(no. 1~3) +
extract

Doubutsuseiyushi

Animal fat

Kakou-yushi

Processed fat

10

Kongou-yushi

Mixed fat

11

konsome

Consomm
(soup)

12

Konsome paudaa

Consomm
powder

13

zerachin

gelatine

14

arukooru

alcohol

15

sake

Sake (alcohol)

16

youshu

Western liquor

17

shusei

Ethyl alcohol

18

mirin

Mirin (alcohol)

19

Ramu-shu

rum

20

wain

wine

21

burandi

brandy

22

uisukii

whiskey

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Syubhat / Doubted Ingredients

No

Japanese

Meaning

Reason of Doubt

Shortening

It is a fat that can be lard

(Haram).
If it is written that the source
is vegetable oil (),
then its Halal.

Soy sauce

Many types contain alcohol

emulsifier

It can be from animal

derived. If it is written that
the source is vegetable oil
(), then its Halal.

margarine

Butter substitutes produced

from Pork. Plant-Margarine
is Halal.

fat

Most of the case, fat comes

from animal and is Haram to
consume. Vegetable driven
fat is Halal.

Fat Spread

Most of the case, fat comes

from animal and is Haram to
consume. Vegetable driven
fat is Halal.

Collagen
peptide

It can be derived from fish or

animal (pork, beef, chicken)

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Halal Food in Campus Cafetaria

Alhamdulillah, in campus cafeteria, halal-labeled menu is
already provided. This menu was consulted with Tokyo tech
muslim community in tokodai since around 5 years ago. This
halal-labeled menu follow these criteria:
-

No Pork or its by-product

No Alcohol of any source

Meat slaughtered according to Islamic law

No mixing with non Halal food stuff

All ingredients have been checked

Separate utensils are used

Make sure to say halal when you want to order this menu,
for example halal beef kare onegaishimasu. There are various
halal-labeled menu provided, for example in suzukakedai campus
cafeteria, they provide:
1.

(Halal tandori chiken)*

2.

(Halal chiken tomato ni)*

3.

(Halal Nanban karashi chiken)*

4.

(Halal chiken kare ni)*

*different for each day, usually you just need to say halal
chicken

5.

(Halal beef kare)

6.

(Halal ramen)

7.

Halal Gyudon and the other halal-labeled menu

(sometimes)

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Ookayama campus cafeteria also provide some halal-labeled

menu (some of them is the same with above).
Besides, suzukakedai campus cafeteria also provide salad bar and
hot bar. The halal-labeled menu is marked with yellow circle or
HALAL sign near the food.

There are also halal-labeled cake, which is marked with yellow

circle (4 out of 6 cake in the cafeteria are halal-labeled)

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The other alternative for halal-labeled menu is in Co-op (campus

convenient store). There are 3 types halal-labeled pizza slice
(Thailand product).

The other alternative is order food from muslim friends. Some

Indonesian muslim student (for example Gerald suzukakedai
campus, Radon, and Sisters from middle east ookayama
campus) provide food cooked by themselves which is halal and
delicious, guaranteed!
Beside halal-labeled menu, campus cafeteria also sell various
fish-based menu (grilled or fried), egg, fried vegetable, and other
food that by using naked eye we dont see pork or other
materials that is forbidden.

Halal Food Outside Campus

Halal restaurants near campus

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Restaurant Name:

Lashika

Food Type:

Indian (Halal)

Distance From Campus:

~15 min walking (Ookayama)

Address:

Tokyo, Ota-Ku Higashiyukigaya

2-4-7 Tokyo, Japan

Google Maps:

https://goo.gl/maps/hnpUE

Facebook:

http://goo.gl/rPFGpB

Restaurant Name:

Kopila

Food Type:

Indian (Halal)

Website:

http://kopila.jp/okayama/

Distance From Campus:

~15 min walking (Ookayama)

Address:

145-0062

Tokyo,

Ota,

Kitasenzoku, 15910
Google Maps:

https://goo.gl/maps/blzHI

Halal restaurants in Tokyo Area

There exist several halal restaurants in Tokyo and Yokohama
area. The halal restaurant we mean here is the restaurants that
claim their food are halal, even though they still dont get halal
certified yet. Generally, the restaurants are from Middle East,
India, Indonesia, etc.
1.

List of Halal Shops

http://goo.gl/4HCzew

2.

Tokyo

http://goo.gl/Py1AEP

area

(generally

japan):
3.

Yokohama area:

http://goo.gl/3Sr33f

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Halal Food Apps for Mobile phone

App

Platforms

URL

Islamap

iPhone

http://www.islamap.info/

Halal Navi

iPhone

http://halalnavi.com/

Halal Supermarkets online:

Store

URL

baticrom

http://www.baticrom.com/

Nasco

http://www.nascohalalfood.com/

Azhar

http://mall.azhar.jp/oc/

Souq

http://eathalal.jp/en/ (under maintenance)

Other Food
1. Sushi
This is very famous japanese food. Sushi is relatively easy to find
here, from the exclusive high-price sushi restaurant, to 100yen
each sushi bar. Basically, what they serve there are fish, seafood,
egg, and vegetables (eventhough there are also pork-sushi, but its
quite easy to identify)
2. Soba and udon
These are also very famous japanese food, and easy to find. Just
make sure you dont order soba/udon that contain meat. Usually,
there are some option like: kakiyage, chikuwa, or ebi tempura
soba/udon.

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One of the easiest udon/soba restaurant to find is Sibu-Soba (

). It usually located in big train station like Aobadai,
Nagatsuta, Chuorinkan, etc. In Aobadai and Chuorinkan, it is even
located inside station gate, so we can go there, eat, and then go
away without paying train ticket to that station.
3. Western Restaurant
Western restaurant are everywhere . Some of them that we
usually go to are:
Seizeriya, we can choose the food based on this allergy list:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1lz8p6uxns71by4/Seizeriya%20
Alergy.pdf
Gasto, etc.
Packaged Food
For packaged food/drink, the way to identify is by looking
through its ingredients and allergy list. Full of kanji, of course.
Thats why it is strongly recommended to memorize (at least)
kanji character for forbiden materials.

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Actually there are already muslim brothers/sisters that sort

many kinds of packaged food/drink that we, muslim, can
consume. They even ask to the food company to confirm the
ingredient. Here is the link:
1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/SERIJAYAINDONESIA/175849819132269?sk=photos_albums
2. https://www.facebook.com/pages/HalalJapan/503821533010825?sk=photos_albums

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Salat / Prayer
Salat / Prayer is one of biggest compulsory in Islamic way
of life. We can see it in many place of Quran that the
believer is the people who salat. Salat differentiate
between Muslim and non-muslim. Salat is one of five
pillar in islam as explained in detail at Hadith Muslim
(Imam Nawawi No 2). Also, the first thing that people will
be questioned in the day of judgement is their salat
(Hadith Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud, An Nasai, Abu Hakim).
Therefore we need to pay big attention to this even
though we live in muslim-minority country.
For daily salat, we can perform anywhere since the
(whole) earth had been made a mosque (place for prayer)
and a means of purification (see Hadith Bukhari 355,
Muslim 521). Thats why if we cannot find mosque (a
building intended for praying), then we can perform daily
jamaah prayer anywhere. From here also we can see
several opinion between scholars especially for Friday
prayer. Malikiyah said that Friday prayer must be
perform at mosque (building intended for praying), as for
Hanafiyah, Syafii, and Hambali said that it could be
perform anywhere. Knowing this situation, we can pray
jumah in mushalla at campus.

Mushalla at Campus
Alhamdulillah in tokodai campus there are also several places we
usually use to perform salat.
In Ookayama Campus:
1.

S3 (South Building 3), 10+ floor : Also held Jamaah

for daily salat (time changes every month, watch the

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announcement board) and also Friday salat (start at

12.30).

2.

W9 (West Building 9) the top+ floor

3.

Ishikawadai 1 Building the top+ floor

4.

Midorigaoka area, nuclear building

In suzukakedai campus:
1.

B2 Building, 12+ floor : Friday salat is held (usually at

12.30)

2.

J2 Building, 20th floor : Jamaah for daily salat is held

(time changes)

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3.

G1 Building 10+ floor

4.

G5 Building 9+ floor

In tamachi campus: (No data)

When performing ablution (wudhu), please take care that the
water when we clean our leg is not spoiled on the floor. As we
know that, dry toilet is considered as clean in Japan. Because the
toilet in japan is not designed for wudhu, we need to consider
several strategy:
1. Keep your wudhu from your home until going back home.
2. Perform wudhu in special basin for cleaning the mop, not
on the wastafel.
3. Perform wudhu by wiping the khuf.
Every ignorance in this manner, will only lead to opinion that
muslim people is dirty/ignorance by Japanese people.

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Mosque Around Tokyo

There are several masjid and mushalla around Tokyo and
yokohama, unfortunately, the location are relatively far from
campus. This is the link of masjid map in Tokyo and yokohama
http://goo.gl/lenmrw

Strategy for Shalat Outside Campus/Mosque

Other places? Actually, all places can be used to perform
salat except toilet, graveyard, or other unclean place
(contaminated with najis, such as garbage yard, slaughter
place, etc). But of course we still need to consider other
factors as well. Try to find place that not disturbing other
people activity, as well as not disturbing our
concentration when salat. Usually, we use place like:
park, car parking, emergency stairs, etc. Try to ask
permission if there is an officer around.
How to ask permission: Koko de reihai shitemo ii
desuka? (Can I pray here?)

(Yoyogi Uehara Park and Tokyo sky tree-350m)

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Other
Muslim Friendly Housing
1.

Sakura House Yoyogi uehara - Muslim Friendly house

1.1.
Address: 151-0065 Tky-to, Shibuya-ku,
yamach, 4023
1.2.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/EkARs

1.3.

Website: http://www.sakurahouse.com/en/B00285/2/room

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TTMC Event
What event we have?
Friday Prayer:
Every Friday at 12:30 13:00 at S3 building 10th floor
ookayama campus and B2 building 12th floor
suzukakedai campus
Iftaar part :
Every Ramadhan first week. Not only iftaar party but we
introduces about Islam to our guess, which some of them
is Japanese people. This event is open for public.
Welcome / graduation party (incidental)
Halal Menu Test:
Usually every year COOP provided new halal menu. Let
us join and try the taste of the food. Give them feedback
so that we got what we want, and they also know what
to do.
Learning Arabic:
Learn Arabic is fundamental for our deeper
understanding of Islam. We start Arabic class from
dummies until basic this year. Insha Allah held every
friday 19:00 20:30 at ookayama mushalla.
Islamic Lectures:
Indonesian muslim association have weekly
discussion/lectures about any selected topics. Feel free
to come every Friday 20:30 22:00. Most
lecture/discussion conducted in Indonesian language.

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Contacts
1. TTMC President: Amr Fathy (from Egypt).
amrfathy.egy@gmail.com

2. Indonesian Muslim Community (Midori) Amir: Muslimin.

muslimin_almasta@yahoo.com
So, thats all for this book. This book is new project of TTMC, hope
that we can update the data. If you have any suggestion for the book,
or any information to improve this book, feel free to tell us.
Hopefully this will be helpful for you. And last but not least, Keep
Ukhuwah :)
Lets always support and remind each other to be better muslim.
Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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