Beloved Tokyo Japan Temple Opens to the Public Following Renovation

[@thisoldbelair]

I’ve always loved how the church is so great about designing temples in a way that celebrates local “flavor” and culture. Even in the United States, every temple is unique to the area it is in and inspired by the local aesthetic. So amazing to see such rich Japanese art influence in the Tokyo temple. Not to mention the eternal blessings every temple provides.

[@churchnewsroom]

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[@Some0ne001]

The church is killing it with all the temples and open houses. Such a cool time to be alive.

[@weatherboi]

Killing it? I think they are doing a wonderful job in dotting the earth with Temples.

[@diannepandolfo8855]

Amazing, isn’t it? 🙂

[@danite620]

So beautiful . And this beautiful gospel of Jesus Christ started so humbely with God's chosen profit . A fourteen year old boy .

[@IN_GODS_iTRUST]

Man so amazing love you all Japanese people

[@robbhackworth1512]

I served a mission to Nagoya Japan 1974-1976. In the video, I actually found right, where I was sitting with my companion and a family that we were teaching the gospel !! Love the Japanese People

[@geomodelrailroader]

And now the children of the Japanese Empire have a place to worship and to get sealed once again. Congratulations to the saints in the Japanese Empire on reaching this milestone.

[@raymondswenson1268]

I served my mission in Japan 1969-1970. My Dad served a mission there in 1949-1952. My Mom is Japanese and I was born in Nagoya. The site of the Tokyo Temple was the Church mission headquarters then, so it has been a sacred site for my family for 70 years. I returned to Tokyo with the US Air Force in July 1980, and was able to take my Japanese grandmother on a tour of the temple during the open house, led by Kan Watanabe, who was the missionary who baptized her and was head of Church translation services. We attended the temple dedication services, and later performed ordinances on behalf of Japanese ancestors of Chirch members. Some day I hope to return to Japan and visit all of the four temples, especially in Sapporo where I served half of my mission.

[@IntoAllTruth.]

The beauty, tranquility and sacredness of the temple fill me with such longing that I can't hold back the tears. Such a blessing for the lovely people of Japan.

[@churchnewsroom]

It is such a blessing! Thank you for your comment!

[@cwood892]

I served a mission in Japan , and watching this I am once again overcome with love for the Japanese people and am so happy many people will be able to tour the temple!

[@nathanbanks2935]

What a wonderful story! It's such an amazing blessing to be able to have temples all around the world now, and to have one that is closer to each of us. God bless the people of Japan!

[@icemaun5379]

I can only imagine the excitement and happiness that the members in Tokyo are experiencing when they are finally able to attend the temple again after it’s renovation. I always found that I need to remind myself on what a blessing it is to live so close to a temple when others have to sacrifice so much just to attend a temple outside of their home country. The Lord is aware of this and all I can say is that the amount of new temples that are being announced each general conference is amazing and shows how much love the lord has for his children and the amount of work that needs to be done for the hastening of the work on both sides of the veil.

[@CalledtoShare]

What a beautiful location and a great opportunity for people to experience the temple.

[@churchnewsroom]

It really is!

[@leeleviner8159]

@@churchnewsroom where is the video for it in their language?

[@churchnewsroom]

Hi Lee, thank you for your question. The video was produced with narration in Japanese: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpirgYGIhJeVo9k. Here is the link to the full article on the Japanese site where there are additional videos (with Japanese captions) and articles: news-jp.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/20220530-beloved-tokyo-japan-temple-opens-to-the-public-following-renovation-jpn

[@aaronhales75]

Great to see Brother and Sister Fukuda interviewed in regards to the temple. I was assigned to the Tokorozawa ward as a missionary and had many opportunities to be around them. They were and are great examples to me. I will never forget them.

[@souksakhonesenebouttarath9237]

So beautiful for all the saints go marching in to know Jesus is teaching the truth of our ancestors and families can be together forever ...

[@myusbisntworking7867]

Add this to the extended list of reasons why I want to go to Japan so badly

[@WegottaLovett]

Very grateful to have been able to attend the temple at the end of my mission to Nagoya, 1981-82. Subarashi desu.

[@jazziemeka]

How exciting. So beautiful. What a blessing to Japan to have the temple opened again

[@churchnewsroom]

It really is!

[@cambriainouye595]

That was my Mission President and his wife! The Fukura’s .They are the best. I love them! ❤️ The temple is beautiful!!

[@leonardalcalaii9277]

@ChurchNewsroom I love that blessing of a temple in Japan. The beautiful artistic artwork in great detail & design is perfect in every way as Thee Lords House... I love this Japan Temple in every way... Thank you sooo much for all the hard work efforts & professionalism, dedication & exact up to date style & every detail 🤍✌️😇🙏

[@victoriagledhill5872]

Beautiful, I'm so grateful for Temples open house...such a blessing.

[@davidk4869]

I loved attending the Tokyo temple at the end of my mission to Sendai in 1986. I love the Japanese garden and other Japanese culture integrated into this renovation.

[@churchnewsroom]

Thank you for sharing!

[@lukedav]

This is so cool and exciting! So happy for the people of Japan!

[@germanreyna1111]

Beautiful Japan Temple for the lovely people of Japan.

[@tytrib]

Happy for my LDS friends in Honshu!

[@lindas4142]

Absolutely beautiful, inside and out. I appreciate this video tour as I'll not likely ever get to see it in person.

[@bonnienandino6942]

The temple is exquisitely beautiful.

[@oshiamcknight7198]

The people of Japan are so blessed to have temple. I look forward for when my land will be blessed with a temple too. I hope I'll be alive to see such a day🙏🙏

[@terryslade6240]

Another great temple joining others dotting the earth! Wonderful! Prophesy being fulfilled.

[@makscho1]

What a beautiful temple! Whoever was in charge of interior design, kudos. Elegant yet conveys a feeling of submissive desire to walk as God would have us walk.

[@trevorevans7101]

It’s wonderful to see the Japanese Temple renovated and rededicated. Though I live in Australia I’m so grateful that our Japanese brothers and sisters have such a beautiful temple.

[@EarlSmith2469]

It is breathtaking that we have a temple in Tokyo, Japan! This is most excellent! Cheers from Vegas! CTR! Br. Earl E. Smith

[@smarkl54bbin]

Wow how awesome! The temple indeed is a place of peace & tranquilty

[@itsgoodforthesoul9749]

oh how this made me weep. someday i would love to travel to the temples outside of the US. I have been to many in the united states. I actually found temple passport booklets at the church book store where you could put a stamp on the page of the temple you have visited, date it and write a short experience. It is a fun way to record when and where I have been. Someday I will get to travel to all the temples. I hope

How lovely and sacred the Holy Temple situated in Far East of Asia, Tokyo, Japan. Thanks be unto Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ for their undeserved kindness and divine favor to the spiritual Israelites, faithful Latter-day Saints in Asia. May the Saints be blessed through the Temple's ordinances and blessings as described in Ezekiel's vision of the restoration of pure worship!

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[@marievalmoria578]

I couldn’t wait to visit Tokyo Temple. What a wonderful feelings joy when Temple building is announced. Looking forward to hear where the new Temple build around the world.

[@jesuschristlives2724]

The house of the Lord Jesus Christ 🙏 🙌 😍

[@midorimashintaro2937]

Sana makabisita someday, what a great time to be alive indeed!

[@blakeplumb6502]

1:45. President Yokoyama! So good to see you! You were such an amazing mission President.

[@dianneirinaga8995]

I would love to go.

[@raimondasmarciulevicius7599]

People, please, become members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and together with your family come to temples. If you are not married, you will find a good spouse in the temple.

[@alduane]

What an absolutely beautiful temple. I know that temples are truly the house of the Lord

[@Marcus.Varjao]

It was wonderful to participate in the open house. Such a blessing to have a temple near us.

[@eduardoseganti6933]

Thank you so much

[@ildenete3235]

Oh! Um lugar tranquility yes Of peace. Pretty!

[@jinovillalon9457]

We are blessed seeing the faith of Japanese Saints in Jesus Christ

[@cynthiashores57]

President Kimball blessed the lives of these wonderful members with this beautiful temple! I love how much Japanese beauty and culture was incorporated in the design and decor of this temple. Hope to see it in person some day.

[@willielee5253]

@God's blessings forward!!!

[@Menanddragons]

I went to that temple many times as a youth. It is beautiful and wonderful to be reminded of the spirit I felt there. It had extra significance serving there knowing the great importance Japanese culture places on honoring their ancestors. I’d love to go back and see it again!

[@itsHeatherKay]

Lovingly crafted! 😍

[@stuartmchardy9738]

Thank you for the beautiful tour. It certainly sparks interest in making a visit someday. I was there for the dedication on Oct 27 1980, and was blessed to see a convert member make her first visit to the temple on my last day as a missionary from Sendai in Japan the following Summer. My visits in 1981 and later in 2000 were hurried - I look forward to the chance to visit again, and to take in the exquisite design and workmanship at which the Japanese have no match.

[@churchnewsroom]

Please do!

[@mukwayaeddie8812]

Thank you so much for the services your giving God is people in JESUS name amen.

[@wpontius4355]

Beautiful temple! My admiration and fascination with the Japanese people and culture, is the motivation to learn the language. Hope some day to visit.

[@churchnewsroom]

Hi, thank you for your comment, we too hope you can visit the Tokyo Temple some day!

[@spenceroklahoma391]

This temple is so cool! I can just imagine going there and feeling such a strong sense of the Spirit. Keep up the good work!

[@churchnewsroom]

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[@owenrice9073]

Elegant beauty!

[@AmericanChristian1991]

Great to see the church expanding to Japan.

[@Steven_Olson]

Looks beautiful.

[@marclucas9701]

Seeing this warms my heart ❤️

[@1zebracrossing]

Beautiful inside and out

[@novawarren5074]

Loving story and just Beautiful Temple ❤️🙏

[@churchnewsroom]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@taviacrab9430]

Beautiful!

[@ashleyclinton3485]

I noticed some of Bro. West's breathtaking artwork ❤️ wish I could be there to see this beautiful temple again

[@georgiamartinez4589]

This so amazing 😇🙏

[@christopherdzowa]

I absolutely love the temple 😍

[@helenjohnson7583]

The Japanese people are wonderful!!!

[@cambriainouye595]

❤

[@maribethceniza]

beautiful one😄

[@osam6356]

Please what is the name of the song in the background? from 3:44

[@PYN111]

I’d like to know too… it’s so beautiful…

[@SladeMacGregor]

I love Japanese people!

[@gingerjimenez9987]

❤️❤️❤️

[@hv2328]

First comment! I love the temple ❤️

[@B3LLYLAUGHSHQ]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Cyrusmagi]

Blind belief in Authority is the greatest enemy of truth! The only source of knowledge is experience. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

[@irihapeti6656]

Tottemo Atarashi desu!!!⭐️✨💫

[@shantel4960]

❤️❤️

[@JAPAN4K]

Hello! NICE channel ＋👍🔔

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛...

[@karyshort4994]

Domo arigato! N noki moro na mari kyo su zu bo shi kyo mo gi ji ho tsu.

[@EloRR-sn8ue]

Me gustaría escuchar en español para saber que dicen

[@NebjosaMeier]

Mormon 8:37

[@Sirach144]

I would find it hard to follow a religion based on an the Americas as a foreigner. Because I wouldn't know how it react by reading a book where Jesus visited the Japanese and then following that religion. So it makes me wonder how they feel about following a religion where Jesus visited the americas.

[@Terminatorguy34]

It's very likely that Jesus did visit ancient Japan and there are ancient records there. Along with visiting many peoples of many civilizations.

[@annachristie377]

Born and raised in Japan I can tell you that since WW2 there has been less than 1% converted to a western religion and today? In 2022 it's hasn't changed one iota. It's still less than 1% and of that 1% a minute percent is Mormon. I've been to the Temple, hardly anyone is ever there. Don't delude yourselves that The LDS church is successful in Japan because they aren't. Most Japanese people have never even heard of the LDS religion....

[@cute_canadian_redhead6747]

But even the 1% are precious to God. Jesus taught in the parable of the Good Shepherd that He will leave the 99 and go and search and reclaim the 1 that is lost and carry that 0ne lost sheep back to the fold on his shoulders rejoicing! The Lord, God is giving a temple to that 1% who know and love Him and an opportunity to the remaining 99% to have a place to meditate and feel if his Spirit and to learn of Him. Temples are not just built for the current living children of God, but they are also built to serve God's children during the Millennium when Jesus Christ returns to reign on the earth. Then the temples will be open 24/7 where the saints perform saving ordinances on behalf of those who died without possibility of accepting the Gospel, therefor accomplishing the Heavenly Father's Plan of Happiness.

[@raymondswenson1268]

The 1% of Japanese who are Christians are a million people. Of that million, about 120,000 are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to the CJCLDS temple in Tokyo, there are temples in Fukuoka, in Sapporo, and another one being built in Okinawa. At any given time, there are some 600 ypung adult men and women serving as unpaid missionaries in Japan (as I did 50 years ago), the majority of them native Japanese, alongside missionaries from nations like the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Many Japanese missionaries also serve in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil and Peru (which have large Japanese migrant populations). The Japanese missionaries become fluent in English, and many earn college degrees at the Brigham Young University campuses in Hawaii, Idaho, and Utah, and later work in international businesses. The non-Japanese misdionaries become fluent in Japanese, and many return to Japan to work. I served as a US Air Force attorney assigned to US Forces Japan for 3 years. I served as an interpreter for the Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self Defense Force when he visited Strategic Air Command. Former missionaries have returned to Japan to work, such as Elder Stevenson in the video, including as attorneys, as bank presidents, in the US military, as university professors teaching Japanese history in the USA and New Zealand, and in graduate study at University of Tokyo prior to establishing the Japanese Law program at Columbia University, and serving as Dean of George Washington University Law School, as president of the University of Utah, of University of Washington, and Texas A&M University (the largest state-supported university in the USA).