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Capital of Kudus Regency, Indonesia
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Kudus is a city in northeast Central Java in Indonesia.
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Masjid Menara Kudus
Built by Sunan Kudus in 1549 AD/956 H. The architecture is an amalgam of Islamic and Hindu styles.
Presents the history of the cigarette industry in Kudus.
Makam Sunan Kudus
Modern gate to the city, built to resemble a tobacco leaf and colorfully illuminated at night. A city landmark.
A building made of teak wood with a tile roof called atap pencu, decorated with simple carvings typical of Kudus Regency, a blend of styles from Javanese (Hindu), Persian (Islam), Chinese, and European (Dutch) cultures.
Serves lentog, a rice cake with sayur lodeh (veggies soup) and tofu.
Serves opor bakar, a specialty chicken dish from Kudus. It is eaten with a spoon made from banana leaves called suru.
Nasi pindang is one of the local specialties, like most food in Kudus, it contains no bovine meat (which is considered sacred). It is rice with chicken or water buffalo served with godhong so/melinjo (gnetum leaves).
A family restaurant.
A Kudus water buffalo satay.
A type of Soto Kudus with water buffalo meat.
Serves ayam penyet and sambal.
Built in 2013.
The nearest airport and railway station are in Semarang, 1-2 hours to the west.
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Semarang · International · SRG
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