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Sapporo Masjid

Sapporo, Japan · built 1993

The Sapporo Masjid (Japanese) is a mosque in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is run by the Hokkaido Islamic Society. The original mosque was housed inside a residential building and opened in 1993; it was the first mosque in Hokkaido. In 2023, the mosque moved to a larger building in Kita-ku to accommodate the growing Muslim community in the city. The mosque conducts Islamic services in several languages, including English, Arabic, and Bengali. Educational seminars and cultural outreach events and celebrations are also open to non-Muslims.

Mosque data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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