Okinawa Mission Area Facts


Information Supplied by the Japan Kobe Mission Alumni Web Site

 

Present-day Okinawa Prefecture was part of the Japan Fukuoka Mission during 1970 to1983 and then from 1996 to the present day.

 

The Japan-Okinawa Mission (parent of the present-day Japan Kobe Mission) was organized September 1, 1968. Headquartered in Kobe, it was one of two Japanese missions created when the Northern Far East Mission (headquartered in Tokyo) was dissolved. The other Japanese mission created at the same time was called the Japan Mission, headquartered in Tokyo. The Japan-Okinawa Mission included all of Kyushu, Okinawa, and Shikoku, and the western part of Honshu, including Osaka, Nagoya, and cities to the south and west.

 

The Japan-Okinawa Mission continued until March 18, 1970. That was the day that the two Japanese missions became four: the Japan Central (Kobe) and Japan West (Fukuoka) Missions were created from the Japan-Okinawa Mission. The Japan (Tokyo) and Japan East (Sapporo) Missions were created from the original Japan Mission.

 


 

 

Japanese Missions That Have Included Okinawa, 1968-Present:

 

September 1968 - March 1970 Japan - Okinawa Mission
March 1970 - July 1983 Japan West/Japan Fukuoka Mission
July 1983 - Spring 1990 Japan Kobe Mission
Spring 1990 - June 1996 Japan Okinawa Mission
July 1996 - Present Day Japan Fukuoka Mission

 

 

 

Okinawa Prefecture Places Missionaries Have Served:

Futenma Naha Higashi
Ginowan Nakajin-Son
Gushikawa Okinawa City
Hansens Servicemens Branch Oroku / Itoman
Ishikawa Oyama
Ishigakki Shuri
Itoman Tomigusuku
Kadena Urasoe
Miyako Urasoe Servicemen's Branch
Nago Yonabaru
Naha  


Okinawa Church Units

Okinawa has two stakes and a servicemen's district. (Note: The Okinawa Mission merged with the Fukuoka Mission on July 1, 1996.)

  • Japan Ginowan Stake

    Wards and branches: Futenma W, Ginowan W, Ishikawa B, Kadena B, Nago W, Okinawa W, Urasoe W.

  • Japan Naha Stake

    Wards and branches: Ishigaki B, Itoman B, Miyako B, Naha W, Naha Higashi W, Oroku W, Shuri W, Yonabaru W.

  • Okinawa Servicemen's District

    Wards and branches: Okinawa Servicemen'sB, Hansen Servicemen'sB, Futenma Servicemen'sB, Kinser Servicemen'sB.