| LDS Church News, Saturday, June 17, 2000 Fukuoka Japan Temple: Facts and figures Location: 47-2 Hiral Josui, Machi, Chao-Ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Temple presidency: Masaru Tsuchida, president; Michio Kurogi and Kimio Yoshioka, counselors. Rooms: Celestial room, two endowment rooms, two sealing rooms and a baptistry. Size: 10,800 square feet. On lower level is mission home, mission office and temple president's apartment. Exterior: Two granites: Empress White and Majestic Grey granite from China. Architect: Kanji Moriya Contractor: Taisei Construction Co. District: Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Okayama stakes and Kagoshima, Matsuyama, Nagasaki, Takamatsu and Yamaguchi districts. Pertinent facts: Announced May 7, 1998; ground broken March 20, 1999; open house held June 1-3, 2000, with approximately 4,800 attending. Dedicated in four sessions by President Gordon B. Hinckley on Sunday, June |