TulunGagung ExoTicisM

Do you ever heard about TULUNGAGUNG?
it's my home town
it's a little bit small, but has high exoticism

Tulungagung Town Square, citation

Tulungagung is sited on south of Surabaya (about 4 hours by bus or train)
Because Tulungagung southern boundary is the Hindia ocean, we can see so many beautiful and fantastic ocean tourism there


Tulungagung always popular with it's marble,
The biggest and best producer of marble in Indonesia
so it's also called as marble city
there is a huge marble mountain located in Campurdarat (about 1 hour from the city)
and some marble industries produced a range of marble handicrafts like marble statues, dining table, and marble floors

Marble Industry, citation

In Indonesia, not only Solo and Pekalongan City which has some Batik industry but also Tulungagung has some batik industry. Batik industry in Tulungagung has developed since Majapahit Kingdom, so it has unique and different complexion with batik in another city, Tulungagung Batik Complexion.

Some of Batik industry that still stands to this day in Tulungagung are Barong Gung (Kalangbret), Satrio Manah (Bangoan), Gajahmada (Kauman), etc
each of them produce writing and painting batik.

Tulungagung Batik, citation

Nature Tourism
this is the first place, we call this high ocean wich located in Pantai Indah POPOH (POPOH beautiful beaches). 
Popoh beach is located in Besuki District, about 1 hours from the city
the most interesting in Popoh beach is the high ocean beach,
you can walk through the sloping hills abaout 20 minutes to reach this high ocean

High Ocean POPOH

Brumbun Beach, citation

SINE Beach, citation

Sanggar Beach, citation

Molang Beach, citation

di desa pucanglaban kecamatan pucanglaban

Dlodo Beach, citation

Kaligentong Pucanglaban

Beside the beach, there are a lot of temple in tulungagung. The temples are the relics of the kingdom in Java

Penampihan Temple, citation

 

Gayatri Temple, citation

Dadi Temple, citation

Meja temple, citation

Cungkup Temple, citation

Selomangkleng Cave, citation

Sanggrahan Temple, citation

Mirigambar Temple, citation

Pasir Cave, citation

Pasir Cave Relief, citation

Wonorejo Dam, citation

Lawean waterfall, citation

penampihan tea garden, buret lake,

Tulungagung Museum, citation

Cultural Tourism

Wayang Kulit Purwo/Ringgit Purwo

Wayang Kulit Purwo, citation

Jaranan Sentherewe

Jaranan Senterewe, citation

Reog Kendang

Reog Kendang, citation

Tiban

Tiban, citation

Coffee Cethe

Kentrung

Manten kucing

Tayub Langen Beksan

Tulungagung Cuisine

Sate dan Gule Kambing, this satay is different from Ponorogo Madura satay, which contain peanut ingredients, but it  use seasoning like salt, pepper, petis, soy sauce and sprinkled with chopped red onion and lime leaves.

Goat Satay and Gulai

Lodho Tulungagung, is a chicken flavored with coconut milk, lime leaves, Serai and Ginger. we can order it in a spicy and not. 
There are 2 most recommended place to buy Lodho, 1st is in Sumber Rejeki Tulungagung (locate in Ngujang) and Nasi Lodho Pak Yusuf (located in Kedungwaru District)

Lodho Ayam, citation

Kemplang, made from cassava is  given spices and formed flat

Kemplang, citation

Emping Melinjo Crackers is made of melinjo seeds are flattened,

Pecel Rice Tulungagung,

Sompil is made of rice cake and lodeh (spicy vegetables) with sprinkling of soy powder

Sompil, citation

Kicak is consist of Cenil, sawut, lupis, black rice, getuk, jongkong, and klepon. it is usually eat with grated coconut and melting brown sugar. So it has a sweet taste and rather springy because most of them are mad of cassava.

Kicak, citation

Tahu Lontong is made of fried onions, celery, rice cake (lontong), roasted peanuts, bean sprouts, half-cooked fried tofu, and its flavor is soy sauce, and paste (petis)

Tahu Lontong, citation

Rambak Crackers

Rambak Crackers, citation

Brondong Ketan,

Brondong Jagung, citation