The Triangle Lakes Ranu Klakah is one of the well-known Triangle Lake. They are three famous lakes which situated on triangle position * Ranu Klakah (Klakah Lake) * Ranu Bedali (Bedali Lake) * Ranu Pakis (Pakis Lake) These lakes formed an attractive resort surrounded by beautiful mountainous scenery and the beauty of Mount Lamongan. They are located in northern Lumajang and are easily reached by public or private transportation. Visit these lakes with your family, friends, partner, or the others, because the lakes are very rich of nature scenery. These…
Category: East Java History & Glorious
Trinil Pre-Historic Museum At Ngawi
Trinil Museum is located about 12 kilometers in the west of Ngawi is in same direction of Soerjo monument. It constitutes the complex of myth of ancient man fossil (prehistoric men fossil) (Pitecanthropus erectus) and also fossils of other ancient life, which has been raised to the world of science by an archeologist named Eugene Dubois since 1891. In this complex of myths there are many kinds of facilities such as: the place to keep the fossils any its exposition, fossil laboratory, and others where all of them lie at…
Pasuruan Belahan Temple
BELAHAN TEMPLE If you interesting in historical tourism, then visit Belahan Temple in Pasuruan. This temple is a unique temple, because it has different form with the other temple in East Java. One of its statue is formed a woman who hold her breast and take out water. This water comes from natural water source of the mountain. The cultural tourism attraction located on the slope of Mount Penanggungan, in Wonosonyo village, Gempol district, Pasuruan regency. The building is unique and interesting because the temple has completed with swimming pool.…
Handicraft From Blitar
Totem This unique and particular Handicraft is a traditional handicraft From Blitar City. It has characteristics and particularly shown the ethnic of Indonesia culture. As we know Totem any supposed entity that watches over or assists a group of people, such as a family, clan, or tribe (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary [1] and Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition). It is the symbol of many things within the various culture and tribes over the ancient world. In Indonesia, the existing of Totem is originally come from Papua or Kalimantan (Borneo),…
Mojokerto Kasiman Temple
Kasiman Temple (Cungkup Temple) Kasiman Temple is located in Kasiman Tengah village, Pacet district, Mojokerto regency. Kesiman Temple is only left its foot part and body part. This temple is looks out upon west direction. On its fourth body part, has crafted some relief in Javanese style, medallion, rectangle, and human. In medallion, there is animal relief; then in rectangle, there is entertainer. The up stair is located in southwest and southeast side. The under part of stair in southeast is getting broken. The north side wall of the entertainer…
Surabaya Jagat Karana Temple
JAGAD KARANA TEMPLE The Grand Jagat Karana Temple is opened first time by The Staff Chief of KODAMAR V Maritime Commodore R. Sahiran at Saraswati day Saturday Umanis Wu Watugunung 29 November 1969. This temple is located in Lumba-Lumba Street 1 Surabaya This temple had a restoration, based of Wahono support and declared on 26 September 1987. Above the inscription is written a sentence that say: Karya Agung Lenteg Linggih Pura Agung Jagat Karana Saniscara Umanis Watugunung Tang – ping 3 sasih kapat 1909 C Bale manusya yadnya The various…
Kambang Putih Hostorical Museum
Kambang Putih Museum Kambang Putih Museum is located on the ‘heart’ of Tuban city. The place is very strategic and adjacent to the other tourist attraction, such as; the Town Square, the Great mosque, Sunan Bonang Grave, Tuban Boom Coastal that was historic and also the source of natural water that is located at the edge of sea, the Srumbung Well (The Sunan Bonang well ). This museum kept many cultures pledges objects that found in the Tuban regency territory. More info visit: www.tuban.eastjava.com
Selomangleng Cave Kediri
Selomangleng Cave The famous ‘Calcutta Stone’, dating from A.D. 1041, describes a terrible calamity which befell the East Javanese kingdom of Isana in the early years of the 11th century. A rebellion incited by a jealous vassal king resulted in the destruction of the capital of Watugaluh. The reigning king, Dharmawangsa, successor to Sri Makutawangsawardhana, was murdered along with his entire family. Only the young Airlangga, who was aged about 16 at the time, managed to escape unharmed. After spending three or four years in the safety of a forest…
Blitar – Soekarno’s Historical Museum
Soekarno’s Historical Museum One of the tourist attractions in Blitar municipality is the tomb of Soekarno, an Indonesian proclamation reader and the first President of the Republic of Indonesia. It is located at 60 Slamet Riyadi Street, Bendogerit village, Sunan wetan district, about 2 kilometers from Blitar city. The architectural “Joglo” dominates the tomb. It is in East Javanese style and combined with Gateway of Bentar. Beside the main building formed cover grave house of ‘Bung Karno’, this graveyard complx also completed with support building that is; Gapura Agung (The…
Mount Kelud Nowadays
Mount Kelud Today, Mount kelud is very phenomenal with its new dome that exists from its lake. To reach Mount kelud, the visitors can use motorcycle and the direction come from Kediri to Wates continued to Margomulyo – Bambingan till Jurang Gelap or Mount Pedot. From Jurang Gelap till the new dome of Mount kelud is about 2 km and you can go on foot. Mount kelud has change, it had green crater before explode, but today the beautiful crater is gone and turn up new crater that different from…