Jakarta

**Jakarta** (ジャカルタ, *Jakaruta*?) is a port accessible in Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients, opened up by Peter Schumaker, the player's guide. Jakarta has chocolate shop owned by Kersen Chandrawinata and you can acquire it as your own through quests via Alexandra Tangye.

## Information

Jakarta, then known as Batavia, was the capital of the Dutch East Indies in the 1920s. It was a bustling port city with a diverse population, including Dutch colonial officials, Chinese traders, and Javanese, Sundanese, and other ethnic groups.

The city had a distinctly colonial character, with European-style buildings and wide boulevards. The Dutch colonial government had invested heavily in infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and canals, which facilitated trade and commerce.

The city center was dominated by the Governor-General's palace and other government buildings, as well as commercial establishments such as banks, shops, and hotels. There were also residential neighborhoods, with large colonial villas and bungalows for European officials and wealthy Indonesians.

The city had a thriving cultural scene, with theaters, cinemas, and music venues. Traditional Javanese and Sundanese arts were still widely practiced and appreciated, alongside Western cultural influences.

However, life in Batavia was not without its challenges. The city was prone to flooding and suffered from poor sanitation, leading to outbreaks of disease. The colonial government also maintained a strict racial hierarchy, with Europeans at the top and Indonesians at the bottom, leading to widespread inequality and discrimination.

## Buildings

* **Sunda Kepala Harbour Market**: Port market on the coast of Jakarta held by Merpati Pembayun. Many local ingredients could be found here, including cacao.
* **Tida Apa Apa Chocolate**: Majestic chocolate shop owned by Kersen Chandrawinata. With the help of Alexandra Tangye, you could purchase this shop after completed the tasks from Kersen.
* **Batavia Plantation**: Local cacao plantation maintained by Santoso Devi. Indonesian Cacao is planted here and you could only buy it in this place for your recipes.
* **Mount Merapi**: The mountain in the heartlands of Java. You can find Alexandra Tangye here after her exile from San Francisco. After she left, you could find numerous characters as the travelers.

## Products

### Sunda Kepala Harbour Market

The market in Jakarta sells a total of 6 ingredients.

### Batavia Plantation

Santoso Devi sells his varietal cacao here:

## Trivia

* "Jakarta" was not the common name of the city in 1920s. It was enacted as the official name after Indonesia gained its independence in 1945. The correct name should be "**Batavia**", the same name as the plantation in this port.
* "Sunda Kepala" is incorrectly named; the correct name in Indonesian should be "**Sunda Kelapa**".
* Tida Apa Apa Chocolate shop is actually the Old City Hall of Batavia, nowadays known as Jakarta History Museum.
	+ "Tida(k) Apa Apa" means "No Problem" in Indonesian.
* In reality, Mount Merapi is nowhere near Jakarta. It's located in Central Java about 265 miles from the city. Jakarta is also geographically rather flat, not dense highlands as the game depicts.
	+ The tower looking in the forest is based on Balinese Hindu pagoda - particularly those in Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, which located in Bali Island of the east of Java.

## Gallery

The scenery of Jakarta, with appropriately-labelled buildings.