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The Tokyo Japan Temple (formerly the Tokyo Temple) (東京神殿, Tōkyō Shinden) is the 20th constructed and 18th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in Minato, Tokyo , Japan , and dedicated in 1980, it was the first temple built in Asia .
In 1832, shortly after the formation of the church, Joseph Smith said that the Lord desired the saints build a temple; [2] and they completed the Kirtland Temple in 1836. After the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, ownership of the temple shifted, eventually resulting in the Kirtland Temple Suit court case 1880.
In the mid-1950s, the temple relocated to the Uptown neighborhood on the north side. In 2006, the temple dedicated its new building. [6] The membership base continues to be Japanese American, but from early on in the temple's history the number of non-Japanese members has steadily increased. Today the active membership includes a diverse ...
Masonic Temple (Chicago) which was a skyscraper built in Chicago, Illinois in 1892, and from 1895 to the 1920s the tallest building in Chicago. Medinah Temple , built by Shriners architects Huehl and Schmidt on the Near North Side of Chicago , in 1912, as an example of Moorish Revival architecture.
The Chicago Temple Building is a 173-metre (568 ft) tall skyscraper church located at 77 W. Washington Street in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Chicago. It was completed in 1924 and has 23 floors dedicated to religious and office use. It is by one measure the tallest ...
Daikyō-ji (題経寺), popularly known as Shibamata Taishakuten (柴又帝釈天), is a Nichiren-shū Buddhist temple in the Shibamata neighbourhood of Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1629, the main image is of Taishakuten. [1] In 1996 the Ministry of the Environment designated the temple and its ferryboat as one of the 100 Soundscapes of ...
When construction was completed, the church held a public open house from July 15-August 3, 1985. The temple was then dedicated by Gordon B. Hinckley in 19 dedicatory sessions from August 9-13, 1985. Following the temple’s renovation period, it was rededicated by Gordon B. Hinckley on October 8, 1989. [2]
Ikegami Honmon-ji (池上本門寺) is a temple of the Nichiren Shū south of Tokyo, erected where Nichiren is said to have died. A short walk from Ikegami Station ( Tōkyū Ikegami Line ) or Nishi-Magome Station ( Toei Asakusa Line ), Ikegami Honmon-ji contains a number of buildings, most of which have been reconstructed since the bombing of ...