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Mormon temples, like the Tokyo Japan Mormon Temple, are Houses of the Lord

Tokyo Japan Temple

Temple District Chronological

Congregations are organized into stakes, districts, and branches, which belong to a temple district. Following are the stakes and districts belonging to the Tokyo Japan Temple District listed in order of creation.
The Tokyo Japan Temple serves members from 24 stakes and 10 districts based in Japan:

Tokyo Japan StakeMarch 15, 1970
Osaka Japan StakeSeptember 12, 1972
Niigata Japan DistrictMay 19, 1974
Kushiro Japan DistrictAugust 18, 1974
Yokohama Japan StakeOctober 27, 1974
Saitama Japan StakeOctober 23, 1977
Osaka Japan North StakeOctober 30, 1977
Nagoya Japan StakeMay 10, 1978
Honshu Japan Military DistrictJuly 1, 1978
Morioka Japan DistrictJuly 9, 1978
Sapporo Japan StakeAugust 13, 1978
Okinawa Japan Military DistrictAugust 7, 1979
Kobe Japan StakeMarch 19, 1980
Chiba Japan StakeMarch 23, 1980
Fukuchiyama Japan DistrictApril 24, 1980
Sapporo Japan West StakeJune 29, 1980
Kiryu Japan StakeAugust 10, 1980
Naha Japan StakeOctober 23, 1980
Machida Japan StakeOctober 26, 1980
Tokyo Japan TempleDedicated October 27, 1980
Sendai Japan StakeNovember 2, 1980
Shizuoka Japan StakeApril 21, 1981
Osaka Japan Sakai StakeMarch 17, 1982
Musashino Japan StakeMarch 21, 1982
Nagano Japan DistrictApril 6, 1984
Koriyama Japan DistrictMarch 5, 1985
Aomori Japan DistrictApril 26, 1987
Kyoto Japan StakeMay 31, 1992
Matsudo Japan StakeSeptember 13, 1992
Fujisawa Japan StakeApril 26, 1998
Asahikawa Japan StakeSeptember 20, 1998
Nagoya Japan East StakeNovember 8, 1998
Ginowan Japan StakeJanuary 24, 1999
Kanazawa Japan StakeMarch 5, 2000
Tokyo Japan South (English) DistrictJune 1, 2003
"The temple is concerned with things of immortality. It is a bridge between this life and the next. All of the ordinances that take place in the house of the Lord are expressions of our belief in the immortality of the human soul."
—Gordon B. Hinckley

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