Okinawa Japan Temple

The Okinawa Japan Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Okinawa, Japan.

History
The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president Russell M. Nelson on April 7, 2019. The Okinawa Japan Temple was announced concurrently with 7 other temples.

A groundbreaking, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on December 5, 2020, with Takashi Wada, president of the church's Asia North Area, presiding. The temple is a two-story 12,437 square foot building. A temple patron arrival center was added to an adjacent existing meetinghouse. The temple was dedicated on November 12, 2023, by Gary E. Stevenson.

The Okinawa Japan Temple is the first temple to be built in Okinawa and is the church's fourth temple built in Japan, following the Tokyo (1980), Fukuoka (2000), and Sapporo (2016) temples.

According to the church, there are more than 130,000 Latter-day Saints spread throughout more than 260 congregations in Japan. The church has been in Japan since 1901. The Okinawa Japan Temple will serve native Japanese church members living on the islands, along with military personnel and their families assigned to Japan from other countries, such as the United States.