Japan Trip: As-Salaam Mosque in Kyoto

After sightseeing Fushimi Inari, we took a time to pray Dzuhur and Ashar in a mosque in Kyoto. The nearest mosque is As-Salaam mosque, near Jingu Marutamachi station. From station to the mosque, we had to walk alongside the river for about 15 minutes. The river was clean and many people gathered around there and had a barbeque party or just had some sports activities.

the bridge next to Jingu Marutamachi station. The Mosque near the next bridge in the back.

After ariving at the mosque, it did not look like a mosque, but more look like a regular building. In the front of the door we found a name “As-Salaam”. Inside there, we directly knew that place was not only a place to pray, but also a moslem community place. We were greeted warmly by an Indonesian who in charge in that place. It was nice to meet a people from your own country managing a place like that in foreign country.

The entrance of As-Salaam mosque

The mosque itself quite small, and the praying location was separated between male and female. At that time there was some malaysian students who just finished their dzuhur praying. I felt so happy to be able to pray in a mosque in Japan, its like finding an oasis in the desert.

with the As-Salaam building in the background. this building is located in a narrow alley.

After praying we had to walk alongside the river again. The chilly wind was blowing again, but because the autumn leaves already appeared in the trees near the rives, we didn’t really care about the weather and just enjoyed the scenery.

autumn leaves along the river side

XOXO,

The Tourist