Built in 1935, the Kobe Muslim Mosque is the oldest mosque in Japan. Its stone construction in a ‘modern Moorish’ style incorporates elements reminiscent of mosques built in many parts of Muslim Asia during the early twentieth century. Designed by the Czech architect Jan Josef Švagr, it features a prominent dome surrounded with two square minarets on the facade and two round minarets at the rear of the building. The building contains... read more