Probolinggo Grape Garden

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Probolinggo Grape

Probolinggo is famous as Mango and Grape city, which is produce many fruits. Most people recognized Probolinggo Mango. Its taste is sweet and fresh. At May – October, Probolinggo Mango spread all over markets to many cities until Jakarta. For outside of Probolinggo regency, the price will be over-price, but in Probolinggo area, the price is quiet cheap, so that the visitors buy it for some gift.

If you interesting with Probolinggo fruits, you can choose between Mango and Grape. Because those are the famous fruits of Probolinggo.
Visit Grape Garden And Mango Garden In Probolinggo Agro Tourism.

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

Banyuwangi Traditional Dance

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Praburoro Dance

The word of Praburoro comes from the character of this performance whose name is Roro Rengganis. Praburoro is a type of dramatic dance. The stories that are performed come from the Panji, or the tale of Amir Hamzah, which is influenced by Islamic Persian stories. There are about 40 - 50 people who are involved in this performance. The players are divided into 3 groups.

The musical instrument is the gamelan of Java with slendro tone (a typical Javanese gamelan tone). Praburoro is a very unique presentation. First of all, the dance is a Javanese dance. The costumes are modeled after the wayang (puppet) orang performance. The musical instrument is the Javanese gamelan. The songs are also Javanese. However, the songs can be the songs of the Banyuwanginese; such as Padang Ulan, Waru Doyong, Kembang Waru, etc. The story is about the conquest of a non-moslem country. The performance ends with the scene of the King that has been conquered by Menak Agung Jayengrono and Umarmoyo.

For more details:
www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

Coban Talun Waterfall

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Coban Talun Waterfall

Coban Talun Waterfall tourism is located in Junggo sub-village, Tulungrejo village, Bumiaji district. The waterfall is lying between the big stones. The big rock of white stone have predominate the contents of river. In the waterfall base there is superficial pool water what overflows pool.

Coban Talun waterfall is surrounded by forest and cool mountain. Because of the natural beauty, this area often used as camping ground area. This camping ground is located in one area with Coban Talun waterfall. The natural and cold area, make many visitors, either from education world and public, interesting to visit this camping. But the visitors should have fit stamina to reach the location, because the path is sloping way.

Japan Cave Of Coban Talun
A Cave that has 5 meters depth is located in Coban Talun area, not far from its pool. It is located in Junggo sub-village, Tulungrejo village, Bumiaji district. This cave has unique structure; looks like letter ‘T’.

For More Details:
www.batu.eastJava.com

Pasuruan Coconut Handicraft

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Pasuruan Handicraft

Pasuruan is small city with much talent inside. After the agro tourism and Safari Park, the garment industrial also become the attractive sight for the tourist who want to go to travel. Pasuruan Embroidery is already spread all over Indonesia and Asia. The hand made embroidery is traditionally made from the best raw product and made by the talented inhabitant women.

For More Details:
www.pasuruan.eastjava.com

Pondok Dam

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Pondok Dam

Pondok Dam is located in Dero village, Bringin district, about 6 km east of Ngawi. It is a popular tourism object among the local tourists. Beside its functions as irrigation purposes, it also offers variety recreational activities such as; fishing, motor boating, camping, playground etc. Pondok Dam is the answer to spend of our day, because it has beautiful and natural scenery. This location has surrounded by Mahoni and teak trees. The total of water area is more than 2,596 hectares. Pondok Dam is offers a lot of fascinating, enjoyment and comfortable condition that can entertained its visitor.

More info visit: www.ngawi.eastjava.com

Selecta Playground

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Selecta

Selecta was build by the dutch named Ruyter de Wildt on 1930 as tourism and a place for the dutch' vacation when they are in Indonesia. the name selecta was came by Selectie, which is chosen.

This tourism object is a marriage concept between beauty and mountain sceneries, which become the icon for East Java tourism.

More info visit: www.batu.eastjava.com

Sendang Made

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Sendang Made

According to history, Sendang Made is beginning from the marriage of Damarwangsa,s Princess named Sekarwati with a prince from empire of Bali named Airlangga, but then attacked by Prabu Wora Wari from Tulungagung. Then the group saved by Prabu Narotama to mount Lawu and ended in a pool, accompanied with five waiting women. Moreover, that pool is Sendang Made as the 'nyepi’ (meditation activity) place of Prabu Airlangga with his wife, waiting women and many soldiers, after attacked by other empire.

Sendang / pool with 8 m X 11 m width, seen that it still maintained. Its buildings are also looked complete. It is also has partition of room around it, which aimed for rest place of Prabu Brawijaya group at that moment.

Why this pool called Sendang Made? Because this pool is located in Made Village, Kudu district, Jombang Regency.
Besides Sendang Made, there is other smaller pool around it, such as; Sendang Payung, Sendang Padusan, Sendang Drajat, Sendang Sinden, and Sendang Omben.

The other uniquely is we had not allowed to build or have renovation for any building around Sendang Made. It aimed to taking care its fullness of history value.

To reach Sendang Made, we able to use various vehicles. There is wide parking area, make this competent pool become a recreation place for public Jombang and especially for the tourist.

More info visit: www.jombang.eastjava.com

Selecta Tourism

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Selecta

Selecta was build by the dutch named Ruyter de Wildt on 1930 as tourism and a place for the dutch' vacation when they are in Indonesia. the name selecta was came by Selectie, which is chosen.

This tourism object is a marriage concept between beauty and mountain sceneries, which become the icon for East Java tourism.

More info visit: www.malang.eastjava.com

The Sparkling Drops On Madakaripura Waterfall

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MADAKARIPURA WATERFALL

Madakaripura waterfall is located on Sapih village, Lombang district, Probolinggo. The object itself is near from Bromo Mt area. Madakaripura is such a sacred place, where the waterfall's height is about 200 meters from the bottom. This waterfall has related historic with a great ancient Javanese Prime Ministry of Gajah Mada, who strongly struggled to unified the territory of the nation under the control of Majapahit Kingdom, ones said that it is “the last stay for Gajah Mada”.

This spectacular waterfall lies hidden at the end of a deep valley in the foothills of Tengger range. The water has cascades from the dense forest above. The primary attraction is the natural sight that is encircled by 7 waterfalls and caves.

The direction from Tongas, which is the downtown of Probolinggo city to the object is about 7 Km, and you will find the great views beside the back of the mountain. The fresh air and the natural sight indeed.

The facilities which available on the object are include; parking lot, food stalls, resting place, the guide from the local inhabitant and security post.
The route from the the parking lot to the waterfall is quietly hard yet so much fun, but after arrive to the top of the waterfall everything is just more and more... fascinating!

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

Royal Orchids Garden

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Royal Orchids Garden

With business, gateway, shopping and the arts at your door and service that lends new distinction to our warm hospitality. Royal Orchids Garden is dynamic Batu's premier hotel address – offering magnificent views, spacious rooms, tropical health spa and peerless meeting space and dining. It is also the heart destination in East Java with the climate around 18°C and 900m above the sea levels, it would be the perfect place for your family and friends.

Royal Orchids Garden is one of Royal Group which is a group specialize for tourism and hospitality located on some areas at East Java. The fresh air and green living atmosphere at Batu, giving more convenience when we stay at Royal Orchid Garden. It helps us a lot to recharge our mood during our activities at big city and bring enjoyment when week end is over.

The visitors who stay at Royal Orchids Garden will get their hospitality by the warms and comfortablenesses of all staffs. Indonesian Food are the special offers that we can get during meal time, starting on traditional main course or event the "jajanan" as sweet complete dessert.

More info visit: www.batu.eastjava.com

Genuinely Karanggoso Beach

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Karanggongso Beach

Karanggongso beach is about 3 Km, east of Prigi. The beach is 1,5 Km long with its white sand, gullet and clear water which enables the tourists to take a bath. This beach is located in Tasikmadu village. This beach is facilitated with a cottage, a hotel and boats rental, including Hotel Prigi and a hotel belongs to the Regional Government cooperative.

With its natural scenery around, Karanggongso Beach is suitable for the visitor to enjoy the sea air and the waves. There are big stones around the beach. The visitor can sit there, watch the waves and feel the wind. This beach is one of the beautiful beaches in Trenggalek regency that can attract both the domestic and foreign tourists.

More info visit: www.trenggalek.eastjava.com

Jombang Garment Industrial

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Garment Industrial

Jombang has particular thing about their garment industrial.
kebaya as an Indonesian traditional cloth and embroidery is one of Jombang productions.
By the talented hands and creative designs, the products have been sold this garment to the outside of the city and all over Indonesia. At present day, Jombang's garment industrial has become big commodity for local government and they start to make it into exported products.

More info visit: www.jombang.eastjava.com

White Wave on Blado Beach

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Blado Beach

Blado beach tourism object is located on south Trenggalek Regency, which is on village or Munjungan Regency, 47 Km to the southwest of Trenggalek regency. principally, Blado beach is commonly alike with any other beaches, facing forward to Hindia ocean, having great wave, having tidal flow and having steepness. Fortunately, this genuine beach is the most proper beach to surf. On the south side from this beach, there is a small island for swallow nests. As an potential tourism object, Blado beach is a promising marine tourism object.

For more detail:
www.trenggalek.eastjava.com

East Java's Calender of Events 2010 on January

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By the large numbers of tribes and customs in East Java, there are traditions and ceremonials which is held annually. Those ceremonials are being prepared both for thanking the grace to The Lord, it is also become tourism destination for tourist or foreigners.

Hence, by those ceremonials, East Java's Calender of Events 2010 will guide the tourist to see the ceremonial schedule which coming on every month at some districts on East Java, includes of the history, the place or even the local information of those ceremonial.

Basically, the events of local inhabitant held these ceremonial is based on Javanese ancient calender, Tengger and Arabic (Hijriah) calender which is have unconditional of exact dates or days to be inform. That is why, East Java's Calender Of Events 2010 is making the east way to confirm the exact dates for tourists.

These are the ceremonial for January:

HAUL KANJENG PUSPONEGORO - Gresik

It is celebrated in the end week of Sura (Javanese calendar) to commemorate the death of Pusponegoro, the First Gresik Regent. This event is now opened for public and held at the Pusponegoro Mausoleum, the tomb complex of Sunan Malik Ibrahim.
Location: Gapuro Sukolilo Village, Gresik.


TUTUP PLAYANG - Lamongan

Tutup Playang ceremony is intended to end the activities of fishermen fishing in the sea. It is highlighted with offering of steamed rice cones in the center of fish auction.
Location: Brondong Village-Lamongan Regency.

http://www.eastjava.com

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Padusan Forest

Padusan tourism is located in Padusan village, Pacet district. This location can reach by any vehicle. Padusan is a fresh place because there are many kinds of teak trees and has an international level of swimming pool. This natural warm swimming pool, is the present of natural jungle that can bring peaceful feeling in our heart. This location is also equiped by some facilities such as; playground, bath room, toilet, rest room, etc.

This tourism area is often visited by many visitors to get fresh and cool air. They also usually swim in the natural hot spring as in private warm bath room. Visit Padusan tourism and enjoy its beautiful nature scenery.

More info visit: www.mojokerto.eastjava.com

Where No Border

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Bentar Indah Beach

Bentar Indah beach located at Gending district, in the side road of Surabaya - Banyuwangi, 7 km from the east to Probolinggo. Bentar Indah beach is the way to Bali - Surabaya - Yogyakarta - Jakarta, so that it is a potential tourism object.

There is a hill beside the Bentar Indah beach, because it’s located on the main road curve. So that, the tourist can climbs the hill and enjoy the beautiful of sea scenery. There is white sand that spread along the beach and watch the interesting of sea waves in Bentar beach.

The tourists can also fishing, because in the east mangroves forest will be made for traditional dam, which will have fishes and shrimps seed. Beside that, the visitor can do the other holiday activities, such as; swimming, boating, sun bathing, volley beach, etc.

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

The Pool View on Royal Orchid Garden

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Royal Orchid Garden

With business, gateway, shopping and the arts at your door and service that lends new distinction to our warm hospitality. Royal Orchids Garden is dynamic Batu's premier hotel address – offering magnificent views, spacious rooms, tropical health spa and peerless meeting space and dining. It is also the heart destination in East Java with the climate around 18°C and 900m above the sea levels, it would be the perfect place for your family and friends.

More info visit: www.batu.eastjava.com

Loneliness Is Beautiful

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Balekambang Beach

The beach possessing three islands with distance of about one hundred meters each, two of which have been connected with one meter-wide bridge to the shore, Balekambang offers a different atmosphere of beach resorts in the Southern part of Malang. One of the three islands called Ismoyo island has a Hindu temple, established by local Hinduists.

Annually, the ritual and traditional ceremonies Jalanidhipuja (Hindu ceremony) and Suran (Javanese New Year ceremony) are held here every year. The parking area, stalls, inns, souvenir shops, and the others tourism facilities has provided for the visitors. This beautiful beach is located at Srigonco village, Bantur district, about 57 km away to the south from Malang and accessible by public transportation.

Visit Balekambang Beach tourism and enjoy its wonderfull waves with softe sea wind. Watch the sunset and sunrise in this beach and do some of beach activities, such as; swimming, sun bathing, fishing, etc.

For more detail:
www.malang.eastjava.com

Let's Get Ride To Andung Biru

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ANDUNG BIRU TEA PLANTATION

Andung Biru tea plantation is located in Probolinggo regency and become one of tourism objects of Probolinggo. The air is fresh and cold. It also has natural plantation scenery that so impressions.
The visitor can enjoy its tea aroma and the fresh air, because it stated in hill and beautiful scenery. Visitors will also meet with the tea farmer who busy to pluck the tea leaves.
In this tourism object, the visitor also can watch and enjoy the special impression, processing of tea from the leaves taken to the tea ready to drink.
This location is easy to reach by car or motorcycle.

For more details:
www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

Air Soft Gun at Kusuma Agro

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Kusuma Agro Tourism

Agro Kusuma tourism is located in Ngaglik village, Batu district. One stop shooping service has implemented in Agro Kusuma Tourism. The unforgettable experience can found here after visiting apple plantation, flower, coffee, strawberry, and hydroponics vegetables (non- insecticide).

Agro tourism, which has supported by fancy hotels, lies in 17-acre plantation. This tourism object allows the visitors to pluck apple directly from tree. We just meet this interesting activity in Agro Kusuma tourism. You can pick the apples and oranges in the plantation area and tasted them. Feel the fresh and health fruit from its tree.

You may see the process of drying the coffee, or buy vegetables, which can cook soon. Since the plantation is wide, it can use for jogging, bicycling, playground and riding a horse. Besides, it has a mini zoo, camping ground, and swimming pool. Do not forget, before leaving Kusuma Agro Batu, you can buy souvenirs of its products, including; jenang, apple vinegar, and orange. We also able to enjoy various food products of Batu city, such as; apples, jamb, brem apple and strawberry.

Agro Kusuma tourism is facilitated with mini zoo, green house, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, warm swimming pool, badminton hall, tennis court, volley field, and ais soft gun area like this.

For more detail:
www.malang.eastjava.com

Around The Grajagan Beach

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Grajagan Beach

Grajagan is an interesting beach to visit. A wide clean sand hampers the beach. The hill across the sea, stick on the ground strongly. The beautiful panorama of Grajagan fishing village can be seen here. The caves for the battle protection in Japanese Era can be seen here. The cottages and motel are available for the visitors. Grajagan is located about 53 km to the South of Banyuwangi.

Grajagan is very ideal as transit place or as the gateway to Plengkung beach. Beside its location that not too far from Alas Purwo, Grajagan is very beautiful beach. It needs about 2 hours to reach Plengkung by canoe rent. The journey is has similarity time if we reach it by car through land. Grajagan is could be the choice of the visitors who want to go to Alas Purwo National Park using canoe. A 314 ha area is located in forest of KPH South Banyuwangi, precisely in 111 square of BKPH Curahjati or administratively, in Grajagan village, Purwoharjo district, Banyuwangi regency.

Open-air recreation or nature activity can be done in many places, such as: in forests, mountains, lakes, beaches, etc. Grajagan is one of Banyuwangi beaches that show the combination of rolling ocean waves on one side and the dense forest on the other one. In this place, we will be able to see the beautiful panorama of Grajagan fishing village. Because of that, there are many tourists visit this place. Here, you can find an old cave, which was restricted by Japanese soldiers.

There are also available cottage, cafe, and playing area for children. This tourism object usually crowded of visitors on holiday. The interesting journey from Grajagan to Alas Purwo is using canoe rent, especially to Ngagelan beach that is Turtle breeding. You will have an interesting experience and view many natural panorama.

More info visit: www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

Bawang Merah Nganjuk

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Nganjuk Shallot

At Nganjuk, Onion is one of best commodity for the local area. Even on East Java the production of this onion is coming at the first rank, then Probolinggo and Kediri.

The onion cultivation on this area has almost spread all over Nganjuk, in almost every district, but the center is in Rejoso, Wilangan, Bagar, Gondang, and Sukomoro. One of the biggest productions is in Rejoso. In 2002, this district totally produce 36 % Onion from Nganjuk.

The marketing process for this onion product is easy, besides using direct selling the onion also brought to Sukomoro market as a central for this onion to the consumers. When it's coming to harvest time the transaction will be 200 ton per day. Then, onion now becomes the biggest income for Nganjuk people.

More info visit: www.nganjuk.eastjava.com

Bojonegoro Banana Ledre

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Ledre Bojonegoro

Bojonegoro is one of East Java regency that famous with its own products. Many people want to visit Bojonegoro because it has special food called "Ledre" and its special fruit called "Salak Wedi".

Ledre
Ledre is kind of snack, typical of Bojonegoro. It formed gapit ( like rolled chips emping) with sweet plantain aroma. The nice one is banana taste. It is special snack from Bojonegoro that made of sugar, flour, and banana. The snack has rolled, so that it looks like a stick. Ledre with banana taste has become the favorite snack of the most visitors. It's feel not complete if visit Bojonegoro without buy some Ledre.

More info visit: www.bojonegoro.eastjava.com

Banyuwangi Traditional Batik

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Batik Banyuwangi

Batik is an Indonesian traditional clothes, which popular since the ancient time of Javanese people made it. Hence, the particular mode, design, art and history from each regions are different with other regions. That is why Banyuwangi has the term for their Batik clothes. Batik which came from East Java commonly has bright colors than Batik from Mid Java.

for details visit:
www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

In The Middle Of Bentar Beach

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Bentar Beach

Bentar Indah beach located at Gending district, in the side road of Surabaya - Banyuwangi, 7 km from the east to Probolinggo. Bentar Indah beach is the way to Bali - Surabaya - Yogyakarta - Jakarta, so that it is a potential tourism object.

There is a hill beside the Bentar Indah beach, because it’s located on the main road curve. So that, the tourist can climbs the hill and enjoy the beautiful of sea scenery. There is white sand that spread along the beach and watch the interesting of sea waves in Bentar beach.

The tourists can also fishing, because in the east mangroves forest will be made for traditional dam, which will have fishes and shrimps seed. Beside that, the visitor can do the other holiday activities, such as; swimming, boating, sun bathing, volley beach, etc.

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

Bojonegoro Salak

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Salak Bojonegoro


Salak Wedi taste is beloved, delicious and fresh. Those trees can be met in every lawn of resident house in Wedi village and its surroundings. The difference of Salak Wedi compared with other Salak, such as; Salak Pondoh, is its water content that make Salak Wedi fresher. This Salacca Zalacca fruit called Salak Wedi, because the skin looks like sand and the fruit is smaller then the other Salak. Salak Wedi comes from Javanese language, means Salacca Zalacca fruit looks like sand (Wedi = Sand, Javanese language).

More info visit: www.bojonegoro.eastjava.com

Hand Made Craft

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Pasuruan Handicraft

Pasuruan is small city with much talent inside. After the agro tourism and Safari Park, the garment industrial also become the attractive sight for the tourist who want to go to travel. Pasuruan Embroidery is already spread all over Indonesia and Asia. The hand made embroidery is traditionally made from the best raw product and made by the talented inhabitant women.

For Details:
www.pasuruan.eastjava.com

At The Corner of Bama Beach

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Bama Beach
Bama beach is located in the east of Baluran National Park. You can see the original beach and the fantastic panorama in here. Beside that you can see the mangrove forest, Bama source and Mantingan source. One of special moment here is that you can see monkey with the long tail (Macaca fascicularis) that fishing crabs with their long tail. If you like go on food, you can pass the truck and you can see the beautiful panorama of Bama Beach on the height. Just with 15,000 Rupiahs per person you can spend the night in Bama Beach to enjoy the beautiful panorama at night here.

More info visit: www.situbondo.eastjava.com

The Temple on Balekambang Beach

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Balekambang Beach

The beach possessing three islands with distance of about one hundred meters each, two of which have been connected with one meter-wide bridge to the shore, Balekambang offers a different atmosphere of beach resorts in the Southern part of Malang. One of the three islands called Ismoyo island has a Hindu temple, established by local Hindish.

Annually, the ritual and traditional ceremonies Jalanidhipuja (Hindu ceremony) and Suran (Javanese New Year ceremony) are held here every year. The parking area, stalls, inns, souvenir shops, and the others tourism facilities has provided for the visitors. This beautiful beach is located at Srigonco village, Bantur district, about 57 km away to the south from Malang and accessible by public transportation.

Visit Balekambang Beach tourism and enjoy its wonderfull waves with softe sea wind. Watch the sunset and sunrise in this beach and do some of beach activities, such as; swimming, sun bathing, fishing, etc.

For more detail:
www.malang.eastjava.com

The Fish Farmer at Grajagan Beach

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Grajagan Beach

Grajagan is an interesting beach to visit. A wide clean sand hampers the beach. The hill across the sea, stick on the ground strongly. The beautiful panorama of Grajagan fishing village can be seen here. The caves for the battle protection in Japanese Era can be seen here. The cottages and motel are available for the visitors. Grajagan is located about 53 km to the South of Banyuwangi.

Grajagan is very ideal as transit place or as the gateway to Plengkung beach. Beside its location that not too far from Alas Purwo, Grajagan is very beautiful beach. It needs about 2 hours to reach Plengkung by canoe rent. The journey is has similarity time if we reach it by car through land. Grajagan is could be the choice of the visitors who want to go to Alas Purwo National Park using canoe. A 314 ha area is located in forest of KPH South Banyuwangi, precisely in 111 square of BKPH Curahjati or administratively, in Grajagan village, Purwoharjo district, Banyuwangi regency.

Open-air recreation or nature activity can be done in many places, such as: in forests, mountains, lakes, beaches, etc. Grajagan is one of Banyuwangi beaches that show the combination of rolling ocean waves on one side and the dense forest on the other one. In this place, we will be able to see the beautiful panorama of Grajagan fishing village. Because of that, there are many tourists visit this place. Here, you can find an old cave, which was restricted by Japanese soldiers.

There are also available cottage, cafe, and playing area for children. This tourism object usually crowded of visitors on holiday. The interesting journey from Grajagan to Alas Purwo is using canoe rent, especially to Ngagelan beach that is Turtle breeding. You will have an interesting experience and view many natural panorama.

More info visit: www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

The Green Bonsai at Kusuma Agro

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Agro Kusuma

Agro Kusuma tourism is located in Ngaglik village, Batu district. One stop shooping service has implemented in Agro Kusuma Tourism. The unforgettable experience can found here after visiting apple plantation, flower, coffee, strawberry, and hydroponics vegetables (non- insecticide).

Agro tourism, which has supported by fancy hotels, lies in 17-acre plantation. This tourism object allows the visitors to pluck apple directly from tree. We just meet this interesting activity in Agro Kusuma tourism. You can pick the apples and oranges in the plantation area and tasted them. Feel the fresh and health fruit from its tree.

You may see the process of drying the coffee, or buy vegetables, which can cook soon. Since the plantation is wide, it can use for jogging, bicycling, playground and riding a horse. Besides, it has a mini zoo, camping ground, and swimming pool. Do not forget, before leaving Kusuma Agro Batu, you can buy souvenirs of its products, including; jenang, apple vinegar, and orange. We also able to enjoy various food products of Batu city, such as; apples, jamb, brem apple and strawberry.

Agro Kusuma tourism is facilitated with mini zoo, green house, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, warm swimming pool, badminton hall, tennis court, volley field, etc.

For more detail:
www.malang.eastjava.com

Water Play Ground at Bentar Beach

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Bentar Indah Beach

Bentar Indah beach located at Gending district, in the side road of Surabaya - Banyuwangi, 7 km from the east to Probolinggo. Bentar Indah beach is the way to Bali - Surabaya - Yogyakarta - Jakarta, so that it is a potential tourism object.

There is a hill beside the Bentar Indah beach, because it’s located on the main road curve. So that, the tourist can climbs the hill and enjoy the beautiful of sea scenery. There is white sand that spread along the beach and watch the interesting of sea waves in Bentar beach.

The tourists can also fishing, because in the east mangroves forest will be made for traditional dam, which will have fishes and shrimps seed. Beside that, the visitor can do the other holiday activities, such as; swimming, boating, sun bathing, volley beach, etc.

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

Morning Breeze at Ranu Pane

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The area of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park covers 50,273.30 hectares of mountainous highland and fertile valley, between 1,000 - 3,676 M above sea level. Beside the area is dominated by mountainous, there are also 4 lakes inside, namely : Ranu Pani (4 Ha), Ranu Regulo (0,75 Ha), Ranu Kumbolo (14 Ha), and Ranu Darungan (0,50 Ha). Geographically the area lies between 7°54’ - 8°13’ South Latitude and 112°51’ - 113°4’ East Longitude on the globe. Administratively is situated in four regencies, i.e : Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Malang and Lumajang - East Java Province.

The green refreshing atmosphere around Ranu Pane will re-charge the tenses within the daily activities, the friendly inhabitant and the situation itself will bring you there more and more.

More info visit: www.lumajang.eastjava.com

Karangsari Star Fruit

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Karangsari Village


Karangsari Village, Sukorejo, Blitar is famous by its Star fruit or Belimbing. Karangsari star fruit has particular characteristic, whether the shape or the taste. Karangsari star fruit has jumbo size while the taste is sweeter that any other star fruit, covered with yellow smooth refreshing skin, belimbing Karangsari has its own tasty. Star fruit Karangsari grows among the society, that is why the growth of this plantation is increase and become the living life for the local inhabitant.

The early begin said that, there was a visitor who came by to Blitar and bring the seed of this fruit, the star fruit seed itself is a bangkok type, one of famous type of star fruit from Philipine. Then, the local inhabitant tried to cultivate this plant until present time. From those times remain, Blitar city has become a city with star fruit as their commodity.

The consumer demand for this star fruit is improve and increase, the most producer for star fruit is come from Karangsari, Blitar and being distribute to other area like Surabaya, Semarang and Jakarta.

More info visit: www.blitar.eastjava.com

Pasuruan Fas Flora

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Tutur Flower Market

On Tutur Village there is fields for almost 490,23 ga, which is used for food plantation around 148,4 ha (30,27%) field plantation for around 323,53 ha (67%) and cattle field plantation around 13,3 ha (2,7%)

The food plantations are include of : corn, sweet potato, chilly, potato, Chrysant flower, avocado, salacca, apple, durian, banana, and Kelengkeng. Some of seasonal plantation like corn, sweet potato, chilly, and potato are produce when rainy time. For field plantation which is grow is coffee and cinnamon. For cattle field plantation is Grass for cattle.
Some cattle on Tutur village are cow, chicken, duck, and goat.

More info visit: www.pasuruan.eastjava.com

The Blue Atmosphire of Ronggojalu Lake

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Ronggojalu Lake

Instead of being used for fresh water facilities for Probolinggo people, this lake also use for industrial needs. Ronggojalu Lake is a tourism object, which believe having any spiritual thing and having its particular use.

Ronggojalu Lake in Tegalsiwalan district. This lake is come from natural source of water with the capacity of 3000 liters / day and being use as irrigation and also as fresh water needs with operational case about 200 liters / day. Ronggojalu Lake is also used as tourism object and material need. It is about 15 km of Probolinggo city and can reach from land.

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

The Dawn at Segaran Lake

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Segaran Lake

Another beautiful tourism object in Probolinggo is Segaran Lake. This natural lake gives its beautiful impressions for the visitors. The clean and fresh lake with beautiful panorama are ideal for canoeing, fishing, etc. This lake is become one of Probolingo main tourism. There are many visitor who had been visit this lake to enjoy its nature scenery with their family or friends.

Segaran Lake is worth visited and give nice impression to the visitors.

About 100 meters of Ranu Segaran location, there is a natural hot spring, which surrounded by natural scenery and fresh air. Visit also this hot spring that near to Ranu Segaran tourism and enjoy its natural hot spring with natural environm

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

The Step To Tegowangi Temple

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Tegowangi Temple


Tegowangi temple is one of ancient temple in Kediri region. This temple has saved many stories about Kediri history. There are some reliefs on the temple wall that interest the tourists who like the historic tourism. The temple is stand in one complex and it looks like a rectangular form.

This temple is one historical tourism objects in Kediri regency. Find the historic value by visit this old temple.

More info visit: www.kediri.eastjava.com

Hong San Kiong Temple

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Hong San Kiong Temple

Klenteng "Hong San Kiong" is located in Gudo village, Jombang. Besides known as religious place of Tri Dharma (Tios, Budha, and Konghucu), this temple is also functioned as medical place. The interesting point is the visitors who want to get drug are not only from the member itself, but also come from other religion members include the 'Moslems'. Beside that, the interaction with people around is well done.

The interaction of all people is respecting and peace, because its location is in the middle of resident. It has take place since this “Klenteng” / temple had stand up hundreds of years ago. The people around also often involve "process" or Klenteng renovation.

Klenteng with squeezing building nuance have some dwellers ( Deity) as host. They are Kong Co Kong Tik Tjoen Ong. The altar is in the middle of front room. There are Kong Co Hong Tik Tjoen Sing ( Earth Deity) in the left side, in his left is Kong Co Hyang Tfian Sing Tee (Sky Deity). Then in the right side there is host altar Kwan Sing Tee Koen ( Truth Deity) and under the 'rest place' of host Deity, there is Kong Cu Kong Tik Tjoen Ong’s vehicle called Bing Hoe Ciang Koen.

Actually, there are many residents in this temple that known by all follower. According to the head of Klenteng Tri Dharma of Hong San Kiong Organization named Sutejo, since it had built, this temple has double functions both as religious place and as medical practice.

More info visit: www.jombang.eastjava.com

Pilgrimage Tour on Puhsarang Church

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Puhsarang Church

This church is located in Puhsarang village, Semen district of Kediri, that’s why it is called Puhsarang Church. The location is 10 km in western Kediri City. This old church had built by Ir. Heendricus Maclaine on behalf of pioneer Mr. Yohanes Humbertus Wolters CM in 1931. The architecture is collaboration between European and Majapahit, combination with other local cultures and Christianity. The first establishment of the complex is the "Antique Church", Puhsarang Church. The structure of the church has unique architectural style form and we can see unique full-scale sculptures of Lord Jesus and the people on the way of cross. If we look at this church so far, it is like a ship from a mountain, which is describing the rescue Noah prophet’s story and his passengers. The buildings in the church area are built from the massive stones, which are taken from materials surrounding the tourism area. The tourism facilities are parking area, hotel, cottages, and home stay, souvenir kiosk, and Kediri special food.

The tourism object of Puh Sarang Church ST. Josef gate along with Henricus Tower is the main entrance to Puhsarang Church. Bentar Temple, Tower Bell and a relief as well are built to describe Adam’s falling in sin. The main building has roof likes Copula or Dome consists of Altar and Kudos, Sacrament, Baptism, Sacristy, and the place to admit sin. This building made from stone that is adhesive without cement but using Tetes. The roof of building is supported by spread out wire steel without laths and rafter, so if there is a wind it will make a special sound.

Maria Lourdes Cave along with Maria statue is a replica of Maria Lourdes from France. It was built in 1998. The location of this cave becomes a central sacred on the night before Kliwon Friday night. The central location of this cave is crowed by at least 10.000 people from Local, Regional, National, or abroad. In the west location of Maria Lourdes cave, there is a pure waterfall, which radiated from a mountain stonewall can be beneficial to visitors.

The Rosario Cottage is describing a Jesus Christ journey to heaven. The Golgotha crucify hill way is describing a Jesus Christ journey until crucifixion. The Columbarium storage dust corpses place, The Kana park, The land Lahore camp hill, To enter that location, the local government opens the access 8 meters wide, so the society will enter that place in comfortable feeling.

More info visit: www.kediri.eastjava.com

The Fasilities on Agro Kusuma

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AGRO KUSUMA TOURISM
Agro Kusuma tourism is located in Ngaglik village, Batu district. One stop shooping service has implemented in Agro Kusuma Tourism. The unforgettable experience can found here after visiting apple plantation, flower, coffee, strawberry, and hydroponics vegetables (non- insecticide).

Agro tourism, which has supported by fancy hotels, lies in 17-acre plantation. This tourism object allows the visitors to pluck apple directly from tree. We just meet this interesting activity in Agro Kusuma tourism. You can pick the apples and oranges in the plantation area and tasted them. Feel the fresh and health fruit from its tree.

You may see the process of drying the coffee, or buy vegetables, which can cook soon. Since the plantation is wide, it can use for jogging, bicycling, playground and riding a horse. Besides, it has a mini zoo, camping ground, and swimming pool. Do not forget, before leaving Kusuma Agro Batu, you can buy souvenirs of its products, including; jenang, apple vinegar, and orange. We also able to enjoy various food products of Batu city, such as; apples, jamb, brem apple and strawberry.

Agro Kusuma tourism is facilitated with mini zoo, green house, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, warm swimming pool, badminton hall, tennis court, volley field, etc.

More info visit: www.batu.eastjava.com

Jember Tobacco Industrial

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Cigar Agrotourism

Cigars are made of rolled dried tobacco leaves. Nusantara Plantation Corporation 10 lies eight kilometers north of Jember. The cigars are exported to Europe, America and Australia. However, it also produces Indonesian cigars for domestic consumption. All visitors can see the process of cultivating seedlings, drying tobacco leaves, picking as well as the making of cigars. Dutch visitors can especially enjoy the nostalgia of the site as they participate in the agro tourism. The first people who introduced the process of tobacco cultivation were the Dutch. Jember became known to Europeans as the “Tobacco city” particularly in Germany. To reach the Nusantara Plantation the visitors can take public transportation from downtown.

More info visit: www.jember.eastjava.com

Ijen Resort & Villa

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Ijen Resort

Ijen Resort and Villas is the new and first luxury hotel in this spectacular scenic area.
Perched at the edge of the rain forest of Ijen National Park and overlooking terraced rice fields to a row of volcanoes, each of Ijen Resorts 30 room boasts superb views from their spacious bed rooms and balconies. Bungalows with standard superior and suite accommodations are equipped with all facilities for modern comfort. Four hectares of beautiful garden and 360 degrees panoramic vistas of volcanoes,rain forest, terraced rice fields and view of Bali Strait afar make Ijen Resort and Villas itself a tourist destination.

Ijen Resort and Villas is located at 643 meters above sea level, in the remote village of Randu Agung, Licin Banyuwangi. The closest village is a group of dozen of houses 700 meters downhill, or another one 900 meter across the valley. The nearest real village is located at about 6 kilometers away. The hotel offers a comfortable base for travelers to enjoy unspoiled beauty if the rural East Java and resort staff organizes tours to mount Ijen to see its eerie sulfuric crater and other inspirational natural attractions.

More info visit: www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

Kebun Bibit, A Family Recreation Park

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Kebun Bibit - Surabaya.

Kebun bibit is an attractive garden with various plants and

tropical trees. Less than thousand trees grow there

so can provide a cool atmosphere, comfortable and fresh air. Beside,

there is an orchid nursery areas and jogging tracks.
This park has very crowded visitors on holidays and weekend, and it is free.

At presence day, Kebun bibit Surabaya has animals like deer, monkey, and large bird cage like in a zoo.

Around the garden, there is children play ground which is also near to bird market and flourish market, complete with wide parking lot.

Kebun Bibit is such a good atmosphere for children and commonly for Surabaya people who need more fresh and refreshing air within the pollutant air.

As a family recreation spot, kebun bibit has reading corner for those who want take their time for book. Children safety outbound for small bound for children and Wireless Network Connection.

More info visit: <a href="http://www.surabaya.eastjava.com"> www.surabaya.eastjava.com </ a>

The Hostory Remaind of Jago Temple

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Jago Temple

Jajaghu or Jago temple was constructed in 1275 - 1300 AD. It believed as the burial place of King Wisnuwardhana ashes, the fourth king of Singosari kingdom. It is extremely interesting that the temple has ornament similarities to those of Penataran temple in Blitar Regency. It lies at Jago village, Tumpang District, the eastern part of Malang (about 22 km).

Visit the historical temple in Malang tourism. Find its beautiful relief and unique temple form in Jago Temple.

More info visit: www.malang.eastjava.com

The Cultural Heritage Village

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Kemiren Village Cultural Heritage

Time can change, Culture still remain. Kemiren Countryside, Glagah District, Banyuwangi Sub-Province is the one that still exist by its tradition until present time.

Banyuwangi cultural heritage still remain by the existing of Kemiren Village as one of tourism object nowadays. The people and the government are together maintaining the tourism as a genuinely tourism object to show the particular things which arose from the old Banyuwangi till present time.

The culture itself is stand still with its genuine parts, like the everlasting history which still remain by the time changes. For instance, the houses around Kemiren village are charmingly stand with its unique architecture of Gebyuk and the tradition inside the house.

Nevertheless, between the tradition and modernization is also being particularly unite as shows in farming method. The farmers nowadays are effectively using the modern ways to to their lands, in order to practice the result and also to get the quality of the harvest.

Another custom which still remain is the way of Wedding Ceremony. Banyuwangi people is still face into traditional marriage with serial of actions to do before the day of the bride and the groom is meet and being legalize as husband and wife. For example, the first step from wedding day is start by doing Lamaran Manten or marriage proposal. On Lamaran Manten, the groom and the family attending the bride's house to propose the women while bringing the Seserahan or kind of Gift to bride's family. After the Seserahan has taken by the bride's family, those are choosing the right date to go to the wedding day.

American have their own Thanksgiving Day, but on Kemiren Village is also has its own Thanksgiving day to say grateful to God for the harvest and peace. On the day, the inhabitant are gathering on one place by bringing Tumpeng. Tumpeng is one of Indonesian traditional food which made of yellow rice inside and it has conical form on it. The inhabitant made thousand of Tumpeng or it calls as Tumpeng Sewu. Hence, Banyuwangi's Thanksgiving is being called as Tumpeng Sewu ceremony.

More info visit: www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

Jangkar Seaport

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Jangkar Seaport (Pelabuhan Jangkar)

It's one of the harbors in Situbondo. You can see the attractive tourism object among other things shippier for the ship to dock in, with destination Situbondo to kalianget (Madura). Then you can see lighthouse here. In the western of the harbor, you will see the action of fish. If you want fresh fish you can buy it here. Jangkar harbor is located in Asembagus district, Situbondo, about 10 km to the eastern of Situbondo regency center.

More info visit: www.situbondo.eastjava.com

Sanggar Agung Temple

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SANGGAR AGUNG

Date of 1 months 1 at almanac rembulan or Imlek (The Chinese New Year), have big meaning for Tionghoa people, and Tri Dharma members, that is Buddha, Konghucu, and Tao. Imlek which have been specified to become national red-letter day four years ago, now is commemorated openly in Sanggar Agung, kind of Kelenteng (Chinese Temple), a religious place with China (cultural) nuance.
The Reality of Imlek is to thank the goodness coming of New Year. Usually the kelenteng is crowded visited by the believer at night nearing Imlek.

Though identical with Tri Dharma and ethnical China members, simply Sanggar Agung is not then closed for public, can be visited every time, by every person, without differentiating tribe and religion. Sanggar Agung is believer place of Tri Dharma observance. It is located in Ria Kenjeran Beach precisely in Sukolilo Street 100 Surabaya.

When stepping the foot to step into Sanggar Agung, the visitor will meet altar in honor of the ancestors. This altar is meant that each and everyone always remember the ancestors, the old fellows who have died. Along with China mores, old fellow get high position in family.

Respect the old fellow, also mean respect the example and own self. Visitor can meet some statues, which is the materialization of the deities in China tradition. Those statues generally symbolize certain history with reference of each deity excellence. But, always there are a statue or deity that majored each kelenteng.

More info visit: www.surabaya.eastjava.com

The Historical Mosque of Cheng Hoo

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Cheng Hoo Mosque:
Islam, Java and Chinese Architecture

The Architecture of Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque, which located in Gading Street Surabaya, is enough artistic. It is built by allying Islam culture, Java, and Chinese that predominated by green color, turned yellow, and squeezed. The form of the building is typical of Chinese with 'Joglo' Java. This is show tightly between Chinese cultures and Java, which have intertwined since former. Cheng Hoo is also inspiration name of 'Admiral Cheng Hoo', which become a Moslem when admission to Majapahit empire. The Chinese Moslem community had built this mosque wish to remind again that Chinese also propagates Islam taught.

Cheng Hoo Mosque inspired from Niu Jei Mosque in Beijing, China, being built in 996 A.D. But, the development of new Cheng Hoo mosque executed by 10 March 2002 and opened in 13 Octobers year past. As a whole, the mosque is capable to accommodate 200 pilgrims, fairish 21 x 11 meters with main building 11 x 9 meters

This mosque building has eight sides on the top building. The third measure or number is having separate meaning. Numeral 11 symbolizing new Ka'bah measure that just built. Numeral nine is depicting 'Wali Songo' as Islam spreader in Java Island. While figure of eight symbolize pat kwa that mean luck or glorious.

The historian Sie Hok Tjwan have ever written, before arrival the colonialist from Europe, the relation of Chinese with resident in Indonesia region don't show race problem. Islamic Religion in Java and in Palembang, South Sumatra, finite Sambas in West Kalimantan come it from China. The concept is Islam-Hanafi. The Mosques in upstate Java Island are clearly showing China architecture.

Sie Hok Tjwan tell, in 1451 Bong Swee Ho is coming Champa built the Islamic center in Ngampel, East Java, for local resident. Bong Swee Ho is hereinafter known as 'Sunan Ngampel'. Bong Swee Ho's son named Bong Ang is one of 'Wali Songo' titled 'Sunan Bonang'. The Empire enforcer of Islam Demak, Raden Patah (Jin Bun), also a Chinese or Chinese - Indonesian (TNA/Mohammad Khodim and Winanto)
This religious service place is expected can become unifier media for 'mualaf' from Chinese ethnical. Because, many 'mualaf' from Chinese, who still hesitating to implement religious service together.

This mosque is built to memorized China Soldier to believe in Islam who first entrance to Indonesia, namely 'Laksamana Cheng Hoo'. 'Cheng Hoo arrival is the evidence that Islam is not new thing for Chinese public. Even, before Java admission Islam, this religion particularly come step to China.

More info visit: www.surabaya.eastjava.com

The Water Wall on Poloagung Waterfall

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PoloAgung Waterfall

Poloagung waterfall is located in Sukorejo village, Sumber Wringin district, about 40 km east of Bondowoso. It is near to plantation area of society around. It is a new tourist site, which was built and developed in 2003, by the Kanparsenibud (Tourism, Art and Culture Government of Bondowoso regency).

The waterfall height is about 30 meters and it has natural and beautiful scenery. There are green valleys and small meadows. It is equipped with three shelters that are positioned around the area. The visitor can reach the waterfall area, but should walk very carefully.

More info visit: www.bondowoso.eastjava.com