Japan's culinary landscape is undergoing a delicious transformation! With over 80 halal food stores in Tokyo alone and hundreds of accommodations catering to Muslim travelers, the halal market is booming, offering a taste of both authentic Japanese cuisine and international flavors.

The growing number of halal restaurants in major cities as well as small towns nowadays is an essential contributor to making Japan more welcoming to Muslim visitors and residents.

When people think about emergency preparedness, they think about those who are preparing for doomsday. Even here in Japan, the world’s most earthquake-prone country, many households are unprepared to go without food or water for a few days.
 
Do you have food restrictions—allergies, vegetarian diets, Halal food only? Do you have an emergency food supply set aside in case disaster strikes?

The key thing here is to remember emergencies by their definition; you don’t know they are coming! ​How prepared are you for a natural disaster?
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Furusato Nozei is a kind of donation out of income tax that people offer to the local or prefectural governments of their choice, and in response, municipalities repay the donors’ generosity by sending them "thank you gifts". In most cases, the gifts are local specialties.

Foreign residents who work and pay taxes in Japan, can also participate in Furusato Nozei program and receive gifts in return for their donations.

All Nippon Airways has served halal-certified meals on its international flights since 2015. Now, ANA offers an expanded in-flight menu to accommodate the wide range of dietary needs of the airline’s increasingly diverse customer base.

The lineup includes not only religious meals but also allergen-free meals, dietary meals, vegetarian meals, meals for infants and small children, and more besides.
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​In the 1980s, you could hardly find halal shops and restaurants in Japan. Nowadays, only in Tokyo, there are more than 60 halal food shops and over 200 halal food restaurants, and the number is increasing.

Here is some information that comes in handy either for Muslims who reside in Japan or those who are planning to visit for sightseeing.