Halal Food Shop in Tokyo

I must admit that I was surprised to learn that Adi, a Bruneian girl I met briefly just before sitting for Nihongo class placement test a few months back, found my blog during her internet search for Halal food shop in Tokyo.

So, I thought as a “community service” of some sort, here’s the guide on how to find the halal shop(s) in Shin-Okubo.

Shin-Okubo is in Shinjuku-ku, and is located between Shinjuku and Takadanobaba in the JR Yamanote line. It’s a small eki, with a single exit. There are three Halal Food shops within 3 minutes walking distance from Shin-Okubo station. There’s even a Halal restaurant within the same distance.

Right after exit, cross the road. Turn right after Matsumoto Kiyoshi pharmacy. (There’s one Halal shop on the second floor of the building on your left)

Then turn left after Family Mart convenience store. There’s Rose Family Store – a Halal food shop on your left, on top of Rung Ruen, a Thai restaurant owned by a Muslim Thai serving halal food. A few meters ahead, there’s a branch of Nasco Halal shop which also specializes in selling International prepaid calling cards. A musolla (only for men) is located at the 4th floor of the same building where Rose Family store and Rung Ruen are located, but it’s only open for men. When I needed to, I sometimes prayed at Rose Family store, whose owner allots a single place for ladies to pray at the back of the shop. But I normally shop at Nasco, which usually offers better price.

But of course, there's always the online Halal shops to consider - apart from Rose Family Store, there are;
Azhar, where one can get Tempe and rempah Adabi
Piyopiyoland, another place where Adabi stuff can be found
Sejahtera, yet another place to look for tempe
Sonali Halal Food
Tukina

to name but a few...