Kanagawa: Yokohama, Kamakura and Hakone, with Places to Eat and Pray
Kanagawa gathers a remarkable variety of destinations within day-trip distance of Tokyo: the port city of Yokohama with Japan's largest Chinatown and the Minato Mirai waterfront, the ancient temples and Great Buddha of Kamakura, the Shonan coast looking out to Enoshima, the castle town of Odawara, and the hot-spring resort of Hakone.
Indian food leads the listings on Halal Gourmet Japan here: an authentic Indian restaurant in a building next to Yokohama Station with halal meat dishes on the menu, a restaurant serving southern and northern Indian cooking that describes its meat as certified halal, and an Indian restaurant known for its lunch buffet that keeps a prayer space inside. In Kannai, Yokohama, a long-running Turkish dining bar pairs Turkish food with belly dance nights, and the port city's international character continues with a Muslim-owned Persian restaurant and a Muslim-owned Indian and Pakistani kitchen known for biryani and nihari.
In Kamakura, listings include a curry shop on Komachi-dori street that serves each plate with around ten kinds of seasonal Kamakura vegetables, and a Japanese restaurant preparing set meals with vegetarian shojin dashi and halal-friendly seasonings and ingredients. By the fishing port of Hayakawa in Odawara, seafood diners serve rice bowls of fish landed that morning, including one with a prayer space. There is also a French and Italian-inspired restaurant using seafood caught locally in Kanagawa that describes its cooking as alcohol-free, with a prayer space where wudu is possible.
For prayer, Kanagawa's listings include mosques such as Ja’me Masjid Yokohama (Yokohama Mosque), Ebina Masjid, Tokai Masjid and Mohamadi Masjid, along with prayer spaces at Yokohama World Porters in Minato Mirai, the Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship (Earth Plaza), the Fujisawa City Tourist Center in the Shonan area, YOKOHAMA MUSALAH and the Den-en-Toshi Islamic Culture Center. Some listings also note qibla direction and wudu facilities, so it is easy to fit prayer around sightseeing.
Graze through Chinatown, watch the harbor lights of Minato Mirai, walk the temple paths of Kamakura, then soak in a Hakone hot spring. Use the Halal Gourmet Japan map to find restaurants, mosques and prayer spaces near each stop, and build a Kanagawa trip that includes both meals and prayer.
Content reviewed: August 20, 2026
