Middle Eastern Religions in the Far East, Part 1: The Tokyo Mosque

This past weekend I had the chance to visit the largest of the four mosques in Tokyo, the Tokyo Camii Mosque. The second mosque built on the site, the first was built in the 1930s by Muslims from Russia fleeing Bolshevik state atheism. It was torn down in the 1980s and rebuilt with Turkish state and private funds.

Instead of having an open courtyard like in most mosques, the facilities and washrooms are on the first floor and the prayer and courtyard are on the second floor. These next four pictures are all from that second floor.

More information in Japanese here and here (with great photos). Here you can see a list of all the mosques in Japan.

ALSO: Last November, Younghusband visited the mosque in Kobe (although the pic he posted has disappeared).