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Elder Matthew Cowley of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited Japan in 1949 to dedicate a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse. While there, he prophesied that “temples would dot the land of Japan.”
Kunihiko Samejima, a convert to the Church in 1959, helped build a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in the Moiwa area of Sapporo. When Elder Hugh B. Brown of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came to Japan to dedicate the chapel, he said, “Some of you here will see a temple in this land in the future.”
Elder Brown’s prophecy was fulfilled when, on Aug. 21, 2016, President Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Sapporo Japan Temple, the third house of the Lord in Japan.
Dedicatory prayer excerpt: “We thank Thee for this beautiful temple. We are grateful for the artisans, craftsmen and laborers who have built it. Here, Thy children can serve their beloved ancestors who have waited long for their own temple blessings.”
Read the dedicatory prayer of the Sapporo Japan Temple here.
A temple for Sapporo, Japan, was announced by Church President Thomas S. Monson on Oct. 3, 2009, during general conference.
Ground was broken for the Sapporo Japan Temple on Oct. 22, 2011. Elder Gary E. Stevenson, a General Authority Seventy, presided at the ceremony.
The public was invited to tour the completed temple from July 8 through July 23, 2016. More than 13,000 visitors attended the open house.
Some 150 youth gathered in the Sapporo City Kyozai Hall for a cultural celebration in honor of the temple on Aug. 20, 2016. They wore happi coats or traditional dress for festivals and performed dance and musical numbers celebrating the gospel in Japan and the coming temple dedication.
The Sapporo Japan Temple was dedicated in three sessions by President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, on Aug. 21, 2016.
Church President Thomas S. Monson announced a temple for Sapporo on Oct. 3, 2009. The groundbreaking ceremony for the temple was held Oct. 22, 2011.
More than 13,000 visitors attended the public open house from July 8 through July 23, 2016, and around 150 youth performed in a cultural celebration in honor of the temple on Aug. 20, 2016.
The Sapporo Japan Temple was dedicated on Aug. 21, 2016, by President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The 48,480-square-foot Sapporo Japan Temple sits on 9.8 acres of land filled with grass fields, trees, flower beds and vegetation native to Japan. A small stream runs along the side of the temple and through the gardens.
Much of the interior design draws from traditional Japanese culture, such as stone flooring patterns based on the traditional Japanese tatami mat, with cherry wood and Japanese white birch millwood throughout the house of the Lord.
3 October 2009
21 August 2016
1-6-1 Oyachi-Nishi
Atsubetsu
Sapporo, Hokkaidō 004-0042
Japan
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This was the third Latter-day Saint temple in Japan.
It was the first Japan temple announced in the 21st century.
The Aug. 21 dedication of the Sapporo temple took place between two tropical storms that hit Japan, each of which brought severe conditions and heavy rainfall to Sapporo — Typhoon Chanthu on Aug. 17 and Tropical Storm Mindulle on Aug. 22.
The Sapporo temple dedication was the first done by President Russell M. Nelson as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
It was dedicated on Church President Thomas S. Monson’s 89th birthday.
The Sapporo temple is the northernmost temple in Japan.
This was the third Latter-day Saint temple in Japan.
It was the first Japan temple announced in the 21st century.
The Aug. 21 dedication of the Sapporo temple took place between two tropical storms that hit Japan, each of which brought severe conditions and heavy rainfall to Sapporo — Typhoon Chanthu on Aug. 17 and Tropical Storm Mindulle on Aug. 22.
The Sapporo temple dedication was the first done by President Russell M. Nelson as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
It was dedicated on Church President Thomas S. Monson’s 89th birthday.
The Sapporo temple is the northernmost temple in Japan.
