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Kobe Masjid in Chuo-ku, Kobe. Photo: 663highland \/ CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

When you search for a mosque on a map app in Japan, you may not find one nearby.<\/p>

Besides mosques, there are prayer rooms in stations, shopping complexes, hotels and other places, which you can use while getting around or sightseeing.<\/p>

This article shows how to find the mosques and prayer spaces listed on Halal Gourmet Japan, either near where you are right now or by prefecture.<\/p>

Mosques and prayer spaces<\/h2>

Halal Gourmet Japan lists mosques and prayer spaces separately.<\/p>

A mosque is a place built for prayer. If you want to join the Friday congregational prayer (Jumu’ah), look for a mosque first. Whether a mosque holds Jumu’ah, and when it starts, varies from place to place, so please check the listing or the mosque’s own notices.<\/p>

A prayer space is a room set aside in a station, airport, shopping complex, hotel or visitor attraction. The rules differ from place to place. At some you ask at a reception desk before going in, and some are only for people using that facility.<\/p>

Find places near you<\/h2>

On the Prayer Spaces & Mosques page<\/a>, choose “Near current location” in the location field and search. Results are listed with the closest first. If your browser asks for your location, allow it.<\/p>

You can also see the results on a map.<\/p>

Find places by prefecture<\/h2>

If you already know where you are going, the prefecture lists are handy. These are the prefectures with mosques listed. Tokyo, Ibaraki, Saitama and Aichi have the most.<\/p>