Mormons joyful over news of temple in Sapporo, Japan
Members on Kyushu were blessed when the Fukuoka Japan Temple was dedicated in June 2000. It is about 650 miles south of Tokyo.
And now, members on the third major Japanese island — Hokkaido, to the north, are thrilled that President Thomas S. Monson announced in October general conference that a temple will be built in Sapporo, about 500 miles north of Tokyo.
There are three Mormon Church stakes on Hokkaido, two in Sapporo, a city raised to prominence when it hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics. There is also one district under the Japan Sapporo Mission.
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