Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to everyone! This is me cosplaying a Malay guy.
Curious how a Malay like me celebrates Aidilfitri in Tokyo? Here’s how!
First, we wore traditional Malay clothes all the way to Shibuya in the Yamanote line. Wonder if people mistook it for cosplay.
Wow the Japanese celebrate Raya too eh.
After a 15-minute walk from the station, we have reached the Malaysian embassy.
The architecture in the inside is cool, but I don’t really like the boxy look from the outside. Like some sort of fort.
Is it just me, or hasn’t it ALWAYS been sunny during Raya for the past years?
Daim and Jasril tagged along too. Dzaid couldn’t wake up in time.
Daim’s colleague, Micheal from the US, doesn’t like his photo to be taken, as you can see from his very American reaction. He said his forehead was itchy. Uh huh.
Of course free food is an important aspect of Raya ;) We had delicious Briyani with beef, courtesy of Ginza Rasa Malaysia restaurant.
We were also at the embassy for the photo shoot of our poster…
…which comes free with the limited edition of our latest album, coming out end of this month. Support original music!
Made some new friends who are studying in the Gunma area. From left: Elaine, Jia Hui from Taiping and Pik Yee from Negeri Sembilan.
Also met some old ones! We only met once during a game design conference in KL. Who would’ve thought the second meet would be in Tokyo :) They’re here for the Tokyo Game Show this weekend. The girl beside me and the dude both have Fairuz as their names!
The obligatory group picture of the event.
We wouldn’t want the beautiful architecture go to waste now would we?
Next, Daim and I went to Dzaid’s house for a little visit.
Actually more like a rest and relax session.
Being the great host that he is, he did Brewfest quests in World of Warcraft.
As with our usual tradition of Raya, we did a bunch of thematic group shots, this time without Aidi *sob*. This is the normal version.
And the cool version.
Oh gawd.
Finally, my mom invited the dudes to a little Raya do in our house.
Probably the only night of the year when our apartment makes a lot of noise. The walls are thin in Tokyo apartments, so everyone tries their best to not disturb each other.
Mama cooked Fried Beehoon, Ketupat Palas with Rendang Tok (Leaf-wrapped rice with meat sauce) and Ketupat with peanut sauce. Delish!
And that ends our busy Raya day in Tokyo. Hope you had a great Raya day too!
It may be sunny there but it’s raining like crazy here. ;p
Oooh, looks like the sun follows me wherever I go :)
Hazmer san, your raya very warm…small house but full of food and celebrated with family and friends in such huge and extreme busy city! Feel so warm! Selamat hari raya Hazmer san! =D
Yea it was full of laughter and crazy talk as usual :D Happy Raya to you too!
Eleh, perasan sial. ;p
Selamat Hari Raya from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
And Happy Raya to you from Tokyo!
Selamat hari raya oni-chan!!! Aunty, daim and zaid!!!
I still remember the satay dinner from ur open house few years back neh~^^
Happy Raya, hoshi-chan!
Hoho I still remember that wan. Sam was sleeping in the TV room right LOL
Selamat Hari Raya, Hazmer!
that cd cover is epic. lol.
Happy Raya, orilia. Care to buy one copy? Only 10 bucks just for you.
Selamat Hari Raya from Malaysia..
haha, this is my first time here…
Happy Raya, and welcome to the blog!
OMG.. gelinye that “Oh gawd” pic.. lolz!
I saw Dzaid on Brewfest.. he didn’t say pun you guys were there at his place :(
And… OMG.. Daim looks like Jasril!
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH daim will surely be delighted to see this!
Selamat Hari Raya! Happynya!
Terima kasih, happy raya to u too!
Happy belated Eid! Thumbs up for the post, I found it very interesting :D
You went and carted the sun to Japan, damn you. It was a pretty miserable Syawal 1st (except for gloomy evening photography, which I indulged in happily)
Thanks :) Seriously man, in all the years I’ve celebrated Raya in Malaysia, it was scorching hot!
Gloomy evening photography? Share pls ;)
Selamat Hari Raya aunt, daim and zaid~!
Awesome Raya you have there~! the food your mum cooked is mouth watering. i haven’t take my breakfast yet and it’s making me very hungry now.
and omg..i burst out laughing at the last picture of the thematic group shots!!
Happy raya to you too, mui!
Too bad we’re not in KL, else we’d do another Raya do where you can savour all the satay and ketupat that you want ;)
Man so gay la that picture. I promise to never do that kind of picture ever again. But then, we took another gay-er one during a trip few days ago =_=; The joke never ends!
Fairuz n Fairuz in Japan? Awesome! Those guys are going places!
Yea man… too bad I didn’t meet them during the TGS…
Speaking of which, when are YOU coming? :)