What's Inside Jogja?

What to buy in Jogja? Don’t be confused, just come to Kotagede and you’ll find silvers to buy. Kotagede is the center of silvers in Jogja, as shown in its popular name: Kota Perak. ‘Kota’ means ‘city’ and ‘Perak’ means ‘silvers’, so Kota Perak means ‘city of silvers’. And that’s actually what will you get there. Silvers’ store are everywhere along the road. If you’re looking for the cheaper in price, then visit the home-based small stores. But, if convenience is your priority, go to the big deluxe one.

There are many choices of silver jewelry you can find out. Rings, chains, bracelets, necklaces or some pretty stuffs like replica of bike and pedicab in a small size. If you stay more than a day in Jogja, you can also make an order based on your design instead of choosing the stocks stored in the gallery. It’s only need less than a day to get the order ready to wear. How about the price? It’s pretty cheap. Start from Rp 150.000,- (

Tips for you, to get more benefits of a good quality silver in a good price, you better shop at the home-based stores. They’ll give you cheaper price than the big stores. Some of them fix the price, but at some other place you could ask much cheaper price up to 30% off the given price. At big stores, you should pay the item based on a fix price. No bargain here, what you see is what you should pay. The price will rise up when you come with a guide plus your travel agent’s driver. Remember, those guys get commissions (up to 25%) from the merchant when you purchase some silvers.

Anybody interested to buy the Kotagede’s silvers? Just contact eko.nurhuda@gmail.com for further information. It’s seriously!

Simple Text by Eko Sudjarwo