Hey travelers and food lovers! If you're heading to Tokyo and looking for something truly special, you're in for a treat. "the vegan marshmallooow," a fantastic bakery has just achieved Halal certification for its core products as of June 2024.

You can grab a souvenir at Haneda Airport too. This means everyone, regardless of dietary needs or religious beliefs, can enjoy their amazing sweets!

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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Have you ever dreamt of a chocolate wonderland? Well, Shiroi Koibito Park (白い恋人パーク) in Sapporo, brings that fantasy to life! A chocolate lover's paradise for all ages, this whimsical theme park was developed by the same company that brought you the popular Shiroi Koibito cookies.

​While Hokkaido's famous Shiroi Koibito cookies might be tempting, keep in mind that finding halal sweets in Japan can be tricky.

If you visit or live in Japan, you may hear the terms Halal certified restaurants, Halal kitchen restaurants, and Muslim-friendly restaurants and wonder what they all mean!

Scholars in Japan, a non-Muslim society that enjoys pork and alcohol, must be inventive in order to make life easier for the country's Muslim minority. The Nippon Asia Halal Association, or "NAHA" gave birth to these creative concepts. ( Watch On YouTube )
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