List of mosques in Japan

This is a list of major mosques in Japan.

According to The Asahi Shimbun, in may 2023 there are 113 mosques in Japan.[1]


History

The first mosque was the Kobe Muslim Mosque, established in 1935. According to japanfocus.org, as of 2009 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.[2] In 2016, the first ever mosque tailored for native Japanese worshipers (as opposed to services in foreign languages) was opened.[3][4] In 2021, there were 113 Mosques in Japan.[5] 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.[6]

List

Name Images City Year Remarks
Asakusa Mosque Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo 1998 ICOJ[7]
Edogawa Mosque Edogawa, Tokyo [8]
Fukuoka Mosque Fukuoka, Fukuoka 2009
Gifu Mosque Gifu, Gifu 2008
Hira Mosque Ichikawa, Chiba 1997 ICOJ
Meguro Mosque Meguro, Tokyo after 2015 Sunni mosque located in a four-storey building, funded with the support of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs[9][10]
The Japan Mosque Tsushima, Aichi 2001 The only Ahmadiyya mosque in Japan.[11]
Kamata Mosque Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo 2001 [12]
Kōbe Mosque Kobe, Hyōgo 1935 The first mosque in Japan; completed in the Indo-Islamic style.[13]
Mito Mosque Mito, Ibaraki 2007 ICOJ
Nagoya Mosque Nagoya, Aichi 1998
Babul Islam Mosque Oyama, Tochigi ICOJ
Tokyo Mosque Shibuya, Tokyo 1938 The largest mosque in Japan, the Turkish Sunni mosque was completed in the Ottoman style and remodelled in 2000.[14]
Tatebayashi Mosque Tatebayashi, Gunma 2004 ICOJ
Yokohama Mosque Yokohama, Kanagawa 2006 [15]

See also

References

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  1. ^ "Japan home to a growing Muslim presence as it embraces change". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  2. ^ "JapanFocus". JapanFocus. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ Takahashi 2021, p. 178, In 2016, a mosque was established with a specific focus on Japanese worshippers. Sermons in this mosque are conducted in Japanese, as opposed to other mosques, where sermons tend to be in various languages (e.g., Urdu or Turkish) according to the majority of the regular attendees.
  4. ^ "Japanese Muslims finally get their own mosque in Tokyo：The Asahi Shimbun". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  5. ^ Tanada, Hirofumi. "Muslim Population of Japan 1990-2020" (PDF). Institute for Multi-ethnic and Multi-generational Societies. Tokyo, Japan: 43–55.
  6. ^ Penn, Michael (November 28, 2015). "Japan's newest and largest mosque opens its doors". Al Jazeera Media Network. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Islamic Circle of Japan - Serving Community across Japan". www.icoj.org. Archived from the original on 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  8. ^ "edogawaislambunkacenter.com". www.edogawaislambunkacenter.com.
  9. ^ "Indonesia Bangun Masjid Pertama di Tokyo". liputan6.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Lebaran, Indonesia Resmikan Pembangunan Masjid di Jepang". Tempo News. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  11. ^ "愛知の新モスク　犠牲者悼む　金曜礼拝" (in Japanese). November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  12. ^ "Kamata Masjid". Kamata Masjid.
  13. ^ Acri, Andrea; Ghani, Kashshaf; Jha, Murari K.; Mukherjee, Sraman (2019-10-23). Imagining Asia(s): Networks, Actors, Sites. ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. ISBN 978-981-4818-86-5.
  14. ^ "New Tokyo Mosque opens". The Japan Times. July 1, 2000.
  15. ^ "Jame Masjid, Yokohama (Yokohama Mosque)". www.masjid-yokohama.jp.
  16. ^ "Japanese firms aim to provide mobile mosques to areas in hardship". 2025-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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