Tokyo Tech Muslim Guide

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Address: South 3 Building, Ookayama Campus. 2-12-1Ookayama, Meguro-ku. Tokyo 152-8550


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Table of Contents

I. Introduction ................................................ 2

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

List of Kanji forHaram andDoubtedIngredients

Halal Food inCampus Cafetaria

Halal FoodOutside Campus

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

Mushalla atCampus

Mosque Around Tokyo

Strategy forShalat OutsideCampus/Mosque

IV. Other .......................................................... 17

Muslim FriendlyHousing

TTMC Event


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TOKYO TECH MUSLIM GUIDE – DECEMBER 2014 2

Introduction

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh ,

Welcome to all new muslim students of tokodai!!

“Whosoever relieves from a beli ever some grief pertaining

to this world, Allah will relieve from him some grief

pertaining to the Hereafter. ... Allah will aid a servant (ofHis) so long as the servant aids his brother. Whosoever

ollows 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 muslim-

minority 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, inrestaurant, street food, and many other places by default. Buthere is different. Pork, khamr, and many other forbidden food formuslim are generally consumed here. So we need to be extraselective and careful to find food that we can consume.Below is the list of haram and doubted ingredients list based onthe analysis of our muslim brothers and sisters who had lived injapan for years. For the main references, you can see in here:

1. Al Maeda: 32. Al Baqara: 172-1733. Al Anaam: 1454. Al Maeda: 905. Hadith Muslim, Book of Drinks, 4956-4960

List of Kanji for Haram and Doubted Ingredients

Haram Ingredients

No. Japanese Reading Meaning

1 , Butaniku, pooku pork

2 , Gyuuniku, biifu beef

3 , Toriniku, chikin chicken

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

5 tonshi Pork fat

6 raado lard

7 gyuushi Beef fat


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8 Doubutsusei-yushi

Animal fat

9 Kakou-yushi Processed fat

10 Kongou-yushi Mixed fat

11 konsome Consommé(soup)

12

Konsome paudaa Consommépowder

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

1

Shortening It is a fat that can be lard(Haram).If it is written that the sourceis vegetable oil ( ),then it’s Halal.

2 /

Soy sauce Many types contain alcohol

3 emulsifier It can be from animalderived. If it is written thatthe source is vegetable oil( ), the n it’s Halal.

4

margarine Butter substitutes producedfrom Pork. Plant-Margarineis Halal.

fat Most of the case, fat comes

from animal and is Haram toconsume. Vegetable drivenfat is Halal.

6

Fat Spread Most of the case, fat comesfrom animal and is Haram toconsume. Vegetable drivenfat is Halal.

7

Collagenpeptide

It can be derived from fish oranimal (pork, beef, chicken)


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Halal Food in Campus CafetariaAlhamdulillah, 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 campuscafeteria, 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 don’t see pork or oth er

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, 1−59−10

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/blzHI

Halal restaurants in Tokyo AreaThere 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 don’t 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 area (generally

japan):

http://goo.gl/Py1AEP

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 don’t 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 FoodFor packaged food/drink, the way to identify is by looking

through its ingredients and allergy list. Full of kanji, of course.

That’s 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/SERIJAYA-

INDONESIA/175849819132269?sk=photos_albums

2. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Halal-

Japan/503821533010825?sk=photos_albums


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Salat / Prayer

Salat / Prayer is one of biggest compulsory in Islamic wayof life. We can see it in many place of Qur’an that thebeliever is the people who salat. Salat differentiatebetween Muslim and non-muslim. Salat is one of fivepillar in islam as explained in detail at Hadith Muslim(Imam Nawawi No 2). Also, the first thing that people willbe 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 eventhough 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). That’s why if we cannot find mosque (abuilding intended for praying), then we can perform dailyjama’ah prayer anywhere. From here also we can seeseveral opinion between scholars especially for Fridayprayer. Malikiyah said that Friday prayer must beperform at mosque (building intended for praying), as forHanafiyah, Syafi’i, and Hambali said tha t it could beperform anywhere. Knowing this situation, we can prayjum’ah in mushalla at campus.

Mushalla at CampusAlhamdulillah 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 Jama’ah

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, 20 th floor : Jama’ah for daily salat is held

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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 thewater when we clean our leg is not spoiled on the floor. As weknow that, dry toilet is considered as clean in Japan. Because the

toilet in japan is not designed for wudhu, we need to considerseveral 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 TokyoThere 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 askpermission 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 Housing1. Sakura House Yoyogi uehara - Muslim Friendly house

1.1. Address: 151-0065 Tōkyō-to, Shibuya-ku,Ōyamachō, 40−23

1.2. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/EkARs

1.3. Website: http://www.sakura-

house.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 floorookayama campus and B2 building 12th floorsuzukakedai campus

Iftaar part :

Every Ramadhan first week. Not only iftaar party but weintroduces about Islam to our guess, which some of themis Japanese people. This event is open for public.

Welcome / graduation party (incidental)

Halal Menu Test:

Usually every year COOP provided new halal menu. Letus join and try the taste of the food. Give them feedbackso that we got what we want, and they also know whatto do.

Learning Arabic:

Learn Arabic is fundamental for our deeperunderstanding of Islam. We start Arabic class fromdummies until basic this year. Insha Allah held every

friday 19:00 – 20:30 at ookayama mushalla. Islamic Lectures:

Indonesian muslim association have weeklydiscussion/lectures about any selected topics. Feel freeto come every Friday 20:30 – 22:00. Mostlecture/discussion conducted in Indonesian language.


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Contacts1. TTMC President: Amr Fathy (from Egypt).

[email protected]

2. Indonesian Muslim Community (Midori) Amir: [email protected]

So, that’s 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 :)

Let’s always support and remind each other to be better muslim.

Wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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