Tokyo temple
The Tokyo Temple ( English Tokyo Japan Temple , formerly: Tokyo Temple ; Japanese 東京 神殿 , Tōkyō shinden ) is the eighteenth temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It stands in Tokyo's Minato- ku and was the first in Asia . Since it was built on a very small plot of land in downtown Tokyo, it is very compact. A Latter-day Saint mission was previously held on this property. The construction became a model for later temples in inner city areas such as the Hong Kong Temple and the Manhattan New York Temple .
The temple has a floor space of 4,886 square meters, two endowment and five sealing rooms , an underground parking garage and an apartment for the president of the temple. The facade is made of reinforced concrete clad with 289 prefabricated stone panels that look like light gray granite. Prior to the dedication, the temple was open to the public from September 15 to October 18, 1980. On December 20, 2004, like most temples of this denomination, an angel Moroni was placed on the spire .
The temple is responsible for the believers in northern Japan and in the far east of Russia. In June 2000, a second temple was opened in Japan in Fukuoka .
Milestones
| Announcement: | August 9, 1975 |
| First groundbreaking: | not officially done |
| Dedication: | October 27, 1980 by Spencer W. Kimball |
Web links
- Latter-day Saint Official Site of the Tokyo Temple
- Tokyo side of the temple (English)
- Japanese site of the Tokyo Temple
Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ 10.1 ″ N , 139 ° 43 ′ 28 ″ E