Dalem is a term for prince house. This house was built in 1855, in the period of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono V and used first by KRT Suronegoro until he died in 1911. This house is now named as Ndalem Kaneman, as the current owner of the house, GKR Anom Adi Brata, the first daughter of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX and KRAy Pintokopurnomo. Beside utilized as residence, this house also used to accommodate various of activities such as dancing course managed by Among Baksa institution, and often used to entertain foreign visitors with Javanese dancing.

The house faces south, having a spacious pendopo with gamelan. Partly pendopo is separated by partition for dancers room. Like other traditional Javanese house, this house also has peringgitan room, utilized to perform wayang kulit (shadow puppet show). Peringgitan derives from ringgit means puppet. The main house is connected to peringgitan. The main house has three rooms, Senthong Kiwa (Left Room), Senthong Tengen (Right Room) and Senthong Tengah (Middle Room). On the east of Senthong Tengah there is a room that is used as family museum that displays family items, including family photographs

nDalem Kaneman complex is where the inherit of abdi dalem magersari (with privilege to live in the complex). Magersari dwellers are associated in two Rukun Tetangga.

Hati Kudus Church in Ganjuran is located 20 KM from Yogyakarta city. The green rice paddy, and pines will welcome visitors in Ganjuran Village, where the church located. This church is a product of Javanese-Catholic acculturation.

The church complex was built in 1924, initiated by Joseph Smutzer and Julius Smutzer. This building is one of buildings built by the brothers since they managed Gondang Lipuro Sugar Factory in 1912. Other buildings are 12 schools and a clinic that later evolved as Panti Rapih Hospital.

The Church construction was designed by Dutch architect  J Yh van Oyen. The erecting of the church and schools was the form of the brothers concern to the employees of the sugar factory they managed from 1918 to 1930. Later, the complex was enhanced by erecting temple Candi hati Kudus Yesus in 1927. The temple terrace is engraved with lotus reliefs and statue of Jesus in Javanese cloth. The temple is then used as place for mass and pilgrims. in 1948, the sugar factory was burn and then continued with Dutch MilitaryAggression II, but the church, schools and hospital were safe.

In may 21 2006, a quake hit Jogja and central Java, and the 62 years church was collapsed and few casualties died as a morning prayer was ongoing. In 22 June 2008, the reconstruction was initiated.

The church is a blend of European, Hindu and Javanese architecture. The European style can be seen from cross shape of the building, Javanese style can be seen from its roof.  The roof was supported by 4 teak pillars, symbol of 4 Bible writers, Matthew, Marcus, Lucas and Yohannes. The Javanese style also can be seen from the altar, sancristi,

Nuansa Jawa juga terlihat pada altar, sancristi, doopvont  and chatevummenen. Statue of Jesus and Marry carries her son are in Javanese traditional costume. The reliefs of Stations of the Cross depicted as Yesus has hair like Hindu priest.

The holy water is located on the left of the temple. After collecting the holy water, pilgrims can sit in front of temple to pray. The procession is ended by entering the temple and pray to Jesus statue. Several pilgrims collect water to bottle and bring it home.

The holy mass service in Javanese language with song and accompanied by gamelan is held on Thursday to Sunday on 5.30, every first friday night, every Christmas eve and every Saturday on 17.00. This Javanese Holy Mass is undertaken before temple yard, except daily mass every 5.30 take place inside the church.

One of the heritage of Chinese etnhic in Yogyakarta is Klenteng (Temple) Gondoman, named as Buddha Praba Temple. It is situated at Gondoman region, notably at Jalan Brigjend katamso 3, Yogyakarta. It is an important historical building for the development of Chinese in Yogyakarta.

According to the history, temple with original name Hok Tik Bio, was a temple built on a land covering 1150 sqm, as gift from Sultan of Yogyakarta in August 15th 1900 in the period of Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII. The building is listed in the cultural and heritage reserve on 26 March 2007, by The command letter Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia No..PM.25/PW.007/MKP/2007. In 1907, for the effort of a former Chinese Mayor, Yap Ping Liem, the temple was erected. Four years later, NV Kwik Hoo Tong built Poncowinatan Temple. The different between those temples is that people visited Gondoman temple to get fortune and prosperity, while Poncowinatan Temple was for justice seeking. Until 1940, both temple was cared well and flocked by people. Later it got dreary and quiet as young generation was no interested to maintain the tradition. After communist party incident in 1965, Yogyakarta city mayor, Soedjono AY, reminded a rich Chinese man, Tirto Winoto, for the abandonment of the temple. If it was still abandoned then local government would take over the temple. After that then an institution led by Kan Ging An was created. This institution mission was to develop Kong Hu Chu and Buddha teachings without neglecting Taoism. This institution was officially started in 1974, and created 3 sections ; Cetya Buddha Praba (The Light Buddha), Tao Pek Kong, and Gate of Wisdom (Kong Hu Cu). All sections were allowed to undertake activitied in both temples. Among those sections, Buddha section was the most active one. In fact, Buddhist only utilized the rear part of Gondoman temple.

Bio Hok Tik temple is place to worship for Buddhist and Confucuanism followers. The current name of the temple is Buddhist Vihara Prabha, as until year 2000, the government only recognized Buddhism. For that, Confucian used the temple as worship too.

Th temple is decorated with various Buddhist ornaments. There are shrine for Buddha, Dhyani Bodhisatva and Maitreya Prajnaparamita. The best time to visit are during Chinese New Year where fascinated festivities are held.

Klenteng (Temple) Poncowinatan is the common name of Zen Ling Gong Temple located at Jalan Poncowinatan 16, Kranggan, Yogyakarta.

The north of Tugu Yogyakarta was appointed as the chinese region (de Chinese Bevolking) by Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta in 1860s. On that land that Sultan gave, Chinese built their place of worship, Kauw Lang Teng (later the pronunciation shift to Klenteng) means place to educate people. Sri Sultan gave 6.244 sqm to chinese to erect Vihara or Temple. The oldest temple on the north of Tugu Yogyakarta was built in 1881.

In 1907, Chinese built first chinese school in temple area names Tiong Hoa Hak Tong, under Tiong Hoa Hak Tong in Batavia. This temple was ever lent by some temple area lent by Temple External Independent Institution. THHT building stands on the west pagoda, since 1923, also known as the Chinese Temple, and then divided into three parts: the middle for worship area covering 2000 sqm, the west for school covering 1200 sqm, and the rest is sport and cultural area. In 1940 THTT halted to employe the asset of the temple as it failed to compete Holland Chinesche School (HCS). HCS is an East Indies school to demise THTT, as it advance its existence is deemed evoking nationalism spirit. Finally THTT returned the building to the temple and used as dorm for temple clergies and caretaker. The advent of Japanese occupation in Indonesia forced all Dutch schools closed, and in reverse Chinese school opened. Temple assets then lent to Chinese Community School (Ri Re Zhong Hua Di Yi Xiao Xie, or abbreviated as Di Yi Xiao) that was managed by Education institution Chung Hwa Yogyakarta. The management kept changing since Dutch established HCS (Holland Chinese School) that later banned School management by Chinese ethnic. In 1970, the management of the school was Yayasan Budaya Wacana (YBW)

Poncowinatan Temple is managed by Yayasan Bhakti Loka. It has many interesting distinctions that other temples. This temple is one of cultural reserve of Yogyakarta, stated officially by  Regulation of the Minister of Culture and Tourism Number PM.07/PW.007/MKP/2010 signed by Jero Wacik,Minister of Culture and Tourism.

Every Chinese New Year and other great days of Chinese, this temple always is visited by people from Yogyakarta or outside. One of Chinese New Year ritual in this temple is preparing red and white tumpeng (rice shaped like cone) ritual and praying together. This red and white tumpeng is held to pray for Indonesia and the prosperity of the world. Typical ChineseNew Year  celebration as in other temples can not be seen in this temple. The celebration nuance in this temple is a la Javanese. So acculturation between Chinese and Javanese culture is strong, that can be seen in tumpeng ritual which is a typical of Javanese culture. Other Javanese culture touch in the celebration is in the way the people eat together on a long table and pray.

It was built in 1640, when Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo reigned, made this mosque known as the oldest mosque in Jogja. It has Hindu and Buddha style seen on parts of the building including the gate is the shape of Paduraksa. This mosque is symbol of tolerance of Sultan Agung to his people, that were Hindu and Buddha. Tolerance has been in this region since the past time.

Before entering the mosque one will meet a banyan tree that has been there for hundred years. As it is old, local call the banyan tree wringin sepuh (old banyan tree) and regard it giving fortune. One’s wish will come true if he/she will meditate under the tree until two leaves fall, one open and one closed.

In the mosque yard, there is a 3 meters inscription that was written by Paku Buwono X, king that renovated the mosque. So this mosque underwent two phases of construction. The first construction in the period of Sultan Agung, the core of the building only, small size. The distinct of the mosque built by them are on the pillar. Sultan Agung used wooden pillar while Paku Buwono used iron pillar. The core building of the mosque is Javanese limasan surrounded by ditch. The typical of old mosque is ditch used for ablution before entering the mosque.

The mosque terrace has a bedug (drum) that is estimated as old as the mosque. The name of this bedug is Nyai Pringgit, and it was made at Dondong village, Kulonprogo. This bedug still is played in prayer time though it is already old.

The podium is located inside, and it is the original podium. This podium was a gift from Adipati palembang when Sultan Agung stopped by after pilgrimage to Mecca. Unlike the bedug, the podium is not used anymore for damage concern.

Masjid Agung or The Great Mosque of Yogyakarta is locted at the center of capital, built in the period of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I. The city plan of Yogyakarta is using taqwa (piety) concept, so the spacial  composition was formed based on borders of 5 sultanate mosques on four directions with the great mosque as the center. The placement of the Tugu (monument)- Panggung Krapyak as the main element of the space. This composition placed Tugu-Keraton-Panggung Krapyak as one line.

The mosque building covers on 13.000 sqm. The area is encircled by wall. The construction process undertook 16 years after Sultan palace established. The establishment was initiated by Kiai Penghulu Faqih Ibrahim Dipaningrat, while the implementation was executed by Tumenggung Wiryakusuma, the architect of palace. The mosque is constructed gradually, first built the main building, then the terrace, and later other additional buildings. The great mosque of Yogyakarta constututes of several rooms; the yard, the terrace, and main mosque. The mosque yard consists of front yard and back yard. The yards are open space located outside the main building and the terrace. The backyard is where tombs located.

There are five entrances the mosque yard, two located at the north and south and one on the east as the main entrance. The gate door is in semar tinandu and limasan roof. On the both side of the gate there is a passage that split the yard into two sides, and the passage is flanked by two buildings called pagongan.

The mosque terrace is separated by a building from the yard. That building is surrounded by wall with five entrances. On the east side there are 3 entrances and one at the north and one at the south. The terrace building is surrounded by a small dike (pond) on the north, east and south side. The wudlu (ablution) place is located on the north and south of the terrace.

The terrace is rectangular, built on a one meter platform. It has 24 pillars on padma shape umpak. The stone umpak are engraved with pinggir awan motives. The roof is limasan shape.

On the west side of the terrace, standing the main prayer room. The mosque is square, built on 1.7 meters base. On the north of the mosque, there is a learning room and bathroom. The roof has three terraces and the top has mustaka. The roof is supported by wall on the four sides and 36 pillars. The pillars are plain, no engravings. The 36 pillars consist of 4 saka (pillar)  guru, 12 saka rawa and 2o saka emper.

This restaurant is unlike other restaurant. As it serves menus of Sultan favourite menus. IT is located not far from Sultan Palace, Rotowijayan, west of Sultan palace.
For sure, Javanese kings also have common taste, like other common people.
They like rice, sambal, and wedang (traditional beverage), only the old recipe and the typical atmosphere of nDalem (official Kraton Java) make the favourite foods of Yogyakarta kings more interesting to try. No wonder that the secret and typical atmosphere interest world celebrities such as Steven Seagal, David Bowie and Carrie Carrington to try the Javanese sultan taste.

This restaurant is the only restaurant that offers menus from Kraton, that every menu has its own story. For example nasi blawong, is a special menu presented on neton day, the coronation anniversary or birthday of Sultan, every 35 days. Actually, Blawong derives from Dutch, blau, and Javanese pronounce it as blawong. On those neton days, the special menu is served to the king, usually in the afternoon on a special blue plate. The plate has a name too, Kanjeng Kiai Blau. The royal dinner is preceded with Javanese salad, thin cut cucumber with beef in and mayonnaise. The beef is sweet, tasty and a bit sour but yum. The spices for blawong are lemon grass, salam, shallot and sugar.

Other interesting menu is Bistik Edan or crazy Bistik. Bistik derives from beef-steak. But here the bistik is not made of beef but chicken with special spices, chilly. It is very hot so when people east they will express “ Waow, crazy! It is hot..”, that was how the bistik got its name. This menu is the favourite of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VII(1921-1939).

This restaurant has various kind of fave wedang or hot beverage of Sultans. One of them is Royal Secang. This is the imperative beverage when Sultan entertain their special guests. This beverage is served for Sultan’s special guests since Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I to Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X. Javanese Beer is the favourite of Sri Sultan Hemengkubuwono VIII when his guests enjoy liquer. Javanese beer is a mix of ginger, lime, cardamom, cloves, masoyi, lemon grass, sappan wood. So though the name is beer, it contains no alcohol at all.

The favorite dessert of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX is Podeng Kabinet. Kabinet derives from the fact that in that period, he was the vice president of Indonesia. Podeng (pudding) Kabinet ingredients are bread, pineapple, raisins, milk and sugar, with red sauce and rum.

There are still long lists of the special royal menus here. In special occasions, guests can enjoy Javanese dances that were created by sultans in the past. Guests also can take a look at nDalem, also seeing the bed where the incumbent Sultan Hamengkubuwono was born. Restaurant Gandri was established since Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was still alive.

This traditional house was built by RL Sosrodigdaya II (palace official and also village chairman) and finished in 1860. After he died, the house was used by his son RL Sosrodigdaya III, later known as Rl Kawindrodigdaya for intern mutation and then promoted as KRT Kusumabudaya. The traditional Javanese style can be seen from the room plan, building material, pendopo in front of the house, and a well at the front yard and the roof shape is joglo and limas an at the main house. The yard is set with garden with fountain, 200 plant species and item collections.

nDalem Joyokusuman is part of Sultan Palace, Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. The house is set with Javanese architecture and function. Currently, this house is used by Gusti Bendoro Pangeran Haryo (GBPH) Haji Jojokusumo and his family. He is one of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX with Kanjeng Raden Ayu Widyaningrum and also brother of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X. He is the Kawedanan Hageng Panitrapura and as Narpa Cundoko.

This building was established in 1916, stem from Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII initiative. The first resident of this house was KRT Condrokusumo, the nephew of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII. Later occupied by Gusti Bendoro Haryo (GBPH) Bintoro, brother of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX that became Narpo Cundoko Dalem. GBPH Bintoro ever in charged as Consulate General Republic Indonesia in Ontario and the first president of Lion Club Indonesia.

nDalem Joyokusuman has 7 rooms, separated by wall called as Cempuri. The seven rooms are pendopo, peringitan, senthing tengah (middle room), sentong tengen (right room), sentong kiwo (left room), gadri dan pawon (kitchen). This plan delineates that man is the main ruler of family and woman is the mother of the household. Both should form a conducive situation to create better generation.

PENDOPO is the front part of the house, used as place to accept guests. Currently, this part is utilized as Gadri Restaurant and accommodate other activities such as batik. There is a cage standing at Pendopo called Kurungan Tedak Siten used in traditional ceremony and old clock gift from Ngarso Dalem SDISKS Hamengkubuwono IX to KTAy Widyaningrum, mother of GBPH H Yojokusumo.

PERINGGITAN is the second room behind pendopo separated by a big door in the middle and 2 doors on left and right side. Peringgitan was used as living room. Inside peringgitan there is a big umbrella of Payung Kebesaran pangeran used in palace ceremony. There are also displayed gifts from Ngarso Dalem SDISKS Hamengkubuwono IX toward KRAy Widyaningrum

Sentong Tengah is middle room behind peringgitan, where traditionally placed pendaringan or pasareyan tengah, where equipments and accessories are placed, including loro bloyo statues, accecories of Javanese hair; a floral konde used in palace ceremonials. Here also displays Kiswah, gift from King Fath from Saudi Arabia. Senthong Tengah was where Tampa Kaya ritual after Panggih Ceremony in wedding procession held. Tampa Kaya is the symbol of the eagerness of husband to fulfill the needs of wife and family.

Sentong Tengen is a closed room located next to Sentong Tengah. This room was the bedroom of GBPH H Joyokusumo, where there is a big bed from the late KRT Condrokusumo, the nephew of Sultan Hamengku Buwono VII.

Sentong Kiwo is a closed room located on the lest of Senthong Tengah. This room was used as guest room. Currently, the room is used for museum with KRAy Widyaningrum bed, also the bed of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX in display. The bed is furnished with two big pillows, two bolsters, two gembuk and two small pillows.

Gadri is a big room behind Senthong Tengah and separated by a big sliding door. This room is used as dining room for family and relatives and to welcome guests in Royal Dinner and Lunch for Gadri Resto. The rear of the room has small pendopo used to place gamelan of nDalem Joyokusuman.

Pawon is family kitchen. This room was important in Javanese house, as dining, drink were presented from here.

Sendangsono is located at Banjaroyo village, Kalibawang, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta Indonesia. It is a site where pilgrimage visit Marry gave that is managed by St Marry Lourdes Parish in Promasan, northwest of Yogyakarta.

Sendangsono can be accessed 15 minutes from highway from Jalan Raya Wates by passing a narrow road heading west. Though the read is relatively narrow and winding, but it is in good condition.

Entering the pilgrimage site covering 1 hectare, pilgrims will pass a big cross that started from church situated at the lower part of Sendangsono. This cross route is about 1 km to the last stop located on a sendang (spring). This place has been visited by pilgrims from all over Indonesia, and the peak season in on May and October. Pilgrims took water from the sendang that is believed to have healing virtue.

According to a source, Sendangsono is the last stop or resting place of pedestrian from Borobudur, Magelang to Boro (Kulon Progo) or the opposite. It said that this place is visited by people because of the spring  that appears from between sono trees orAngsana or sonokembang (Pterocarpus indicus). The tranquil and quietness of the location is used by Buddhist to purify and meditate. According to legend, Sendangsono is occupied by Dewi Lantamsari and her one and only son, Den Baguse Samija. It can be concluded that the spiritualistic of the place has been formed since before the catholic rome church established.

Sendangsono existence is cohorent to the role of Father Van Lith SJ, a Dutch clergy lived in Java Island. In December 1904, Father Van Lith baptized 171 locals with water from the spring including Father Barnabas as the first  catechumens. Twenty five years later on December 8th 1929, Sendangsono was officially opened as pilgrimage site by Father JB Prennthaler SJ. Marry statue was given by queen of Spain moved by people together from down Sentolo village. In 1945, Indonesia Young Catholic pilgrimaged to Lourdes, and they carried the stone where Marry showed to be placed under the statue of Marry at Sendangsono as a relics that Sendangsono is called as Gua Maria Lourdes Sendangsono.

It was built gradually since 1974, only by relying on the donation of congregation. Humanist and Clergy, YB Mangunwijaya gave the architectural touchs. The construction concept of Sendangsono complex has Javanese nuance and environmentally friendly. The material utilized derived from nature. In 1991, the complex was awarded as the best architecture from Indonesia Architect Association, for special building category.