Kobe Mosque

Kobe Masjid (神戸モスク, Kōbe Mosuku), also known as Kobe Muslim Masjid (神戸ムスリムモスク, Kōbe Musurimu Mosuku), was founded in October 1935 in Kobe and is Japan's first masjid.[1] Its construction was funded by donations collected by the Islamic Committee of Kobe from 1928 until its opening in 1935.[2] The mosque was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943. However, it continues to function as a mosque today. It is located in the Kitano-cho foreign district of Kobe. The mosque survived the air raids that laid waste to most of Kobe's urban districts in 1945 and was able to endure through the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. The mosque is located in one of Kobe's best-known tourist areas, which features many old western style buildings.

Kobe Mosque
神戸モスク
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	2-25-14 Nakayamate Dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Postal Code: 650-0004
Shown within Hyōgo Prefecture
Geographic coordinates	34°41′46″N 135°11′16″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Jan Josef Švagr
Type	mosque
Completed	1935
Monument(s)	2

The mosque was built in traditional Indo-Islamic style by the Czech architect Jan Josef Švagr (1885–1969), the architect of a number of Western religious buildings throughout Japan. In recent years, there are more than 110 mosques in Japan.