This is a list of major mosques in Japan.
According to The Asahi Shimbun, in may 2023 there are 113 mosques in Japan.
Iqra mosque established in 2008 located in Kanuma city Tochigi prefecture
History The first mosque was the Kobe Muslim Mosque, established in 1935. According to japanfocus.org, there were 30 to 40 single-story mosques in Japan, the largest of which is the Tokyo Mosque, plus another 100 or more apartment rooms set aside for prayers in the absence of more suitable facilities. 90% of these mosques use the 2nd floor for religious activities and the first floor as a halal shop (imported food; mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia), due to financial problems, as membership is too low to cover the expenses. Most of these mosques have only a capacity of 30 to 50 people. In 2016, the first ever mosque tailored for native Japanese worshipers (as opposed to services in foreign languages) was opened. In 2021, there were 113 Mosques in Japan. As of 2023, there is one Ahmadi mosque in Japan, The Japan Mosque. It was established in 2015 by Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the mosque has a capacity of 500 worshippers, the largest of any mosque in Japan.
List
Name Images City Year Remarks Asakusa Mosque Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo 1998 ICOJ Edogawa Mosque Edogawa, Tokyo Fukuoka Mosque Fukuoka, Fukuoka 2009 Gifu Mosque Gifu, Gifu 2008Hira Mosque Ichikawa, Chiba 1997 ICOJ Meguro Mosque Meguro, Tokyo Sunni mosque located in a four-storey building, funded with the support of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Japan Mosque Tsushima, Aichi 2001 The only Ahmadiyya mosque in Japan. Kamata Mosque Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo 2001 Kōbe Mosque Kobe, Hyōgo 1935 The first mosque in Japan; completed in the Indo-Islamic style. Mito Mosque Mito, Ibaraki 2007 ICOJ Nagoya Mosque Nagoya, Aichi 1998 Babul Islam Mosque Oyama, Tochigi ICOJ Tokyo Mosque iqra mosque Shibuya, Tokyo kanuma Tochi 1938 2008 The largest mosque in Japan, the Turkish Sunni mosque was completed in the Ottoman style and remodelled in 2000. Tatebayashi Mosque Tatebayashi, Gunma 2004 ICOJ Yokohama Mosque Yokohama, Kanagawa 2006
See also
Islam in Japan Lists of mosques
References
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