Kansai (Kobe) : Part 3

Day 1 : Kobe Mosque, Kobe

Ekceli aku lupe habis route untuk ke Kobe Mosque nih. Tak pe, nanti-nanti lah*

Apsal beriya sangat aku nak ke Masjid Kobe ni? Baik sangat kah aku?, alim sangat kah aku? Aku pon tak tau lah nak jawab. Maybe sebagai muslim, aku terpanggil untuk ke sini. Apa yang aku bangga dapat jejak kat Masjid Kobe ni sebabnya ini-

Kobe Mosque (神戸モスク Kōbe Mosque), also known as Kobe Muslim Mosque (神戸ムスリムモスク Kōbe Muslim Mosque), was founded in October, 1935 in Kobe and is Japan's first mosque. Its construction was funded by donations collected by the Islamic Committee of Kobe from 1928 until its opening in 1935. The mosque was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943. However, it continues to function as mosque today. It is located in the Kitano-cho foreign district of Kobe. Owing to its basement and structure, the mosque survived the air raids that laid waste to most of Kobe's urban districts in 1945 and was able to endure through the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. The mosque is located in one of Kobe's best-known tourist areas, which features many old western style buildings.

The mosque was built in traditional Indian style by the Czech architect Jan Josef Švagr (1885–1969), the architect of a number of Western religious buildings throughout Japan.

sources : Wikipedia

Dan Masjid Kobe ialah masjid pertama yang dibina di Jepun. Tapi sikit ralat, masa aku sampai nih, ramai qari dan qariah, Japanese muslim dan muslim maustatin tengah membaca al-quran. Taknak kacau diorang. Aku hanya sempat jengah dari tingkap jer. Takpe, aku duduk kat tangga dia kejap, ambil berkat kata orang.

Then, ahli jemaah aku nak lunch sebab biasanya kat area masjid nih mesti ade makanan halal. Restoran rata dah tutup, yang bukak kedai runcit depan masjid nih. Yang kelako tuh, barang-barang makanan dalam kedai 60% dari Malaysia & Indonesia, wat penat jer aku seludup maggi 5 paket. Rupernya ade jer jual kat sini hah..

ni lah kedai runcit depan masjid tuh

Aku tengok jam, 3.40 pm.. OMG, Osaka Castle menunggu. Sempat ker tak, aku main terjah ni, tapi tengok condong matahari kul 4, jepun dah mula gelap.. 

Bersambung lagi..

• Cara nak ke Masjid Kobe, stop kat Sannomiya Stesen, pastuh kena tanya orang sebab aku pon sesat hari tuh… hehehe (landmark yang aku dapat ari tuh, kena cari Jejantas dan NHK office (stesen saluran tv Jepun)

Board biru letaknya Sannomiya station

* satu lagi attraction Kobe ialah Menara Kobe, yang palang besi warna merah tuh. Tepi tuh boleh lepak tepi laut since Kobe terkenal sebagai bandar perlabuhan. Yang ni aku tak list dalam must go list aku, sebab aku tau memang tak sempatnyer….

Inilah dia Kobe Port Tower (yg merah tu). cilok dari travelneu.com