Muslims In Japan Celebrate Ramadan
Japan’s first mosque joins the rest of the Muslim world in worship during Ramadan this month.
Built in 1935, the three-story mosque in Nakayamate Dori in Chuo-ku, Kobe, was designed by Czech architect Jan Josef Svagr.
It has a central prayer hall on the ground floor and a white marble mihrab and minbar.
The building houses an Islamic Culture Center offering study sessions and information about Islam.
Ginjiro Katsuda, Kobe’s mayor at the time, said he hoped the mosque will be “another strong link in the chain of Muslim-Japanese friendship,” according to a report.
The mosque survived the Second World War and the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake unscathed.
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