Tokyo will host Olympic games in 2020 and Taito, one of its biggest wards, is focusing on Muslim visitors by encouraging its food businesses to get Halal certification. Thanks to this initiative, 50% of the certification costs will be refunded.
This will let Muslim visitor taste all Taito typical dishes without any obstacle, considering that every year lots of Muslim tourists come to Japan especially from Malaysia and Indonesia.
The spike in Muslim arrival is due to the fact that Japanese government issues visas more easily for East Asian visitors than in the past.