Japan Fukuoka Temple Construction and Site Photos

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** All Images submitted by Koji Sue, Japan Fukuoka Stake

Picture Date Comments
all view 2000/Apr/09 Full view of the Fukuoka Japan Temple and cherry blossoms.
signboard 2000/Apr/09 Temple sign at the entrance to the temple ground. ( in front of the bus terminal)
Entrance Signboard 2000/Apr/09 Temple sign beside the entrance. We can see windows that have been specially designed.
Entrance 2000/Apr/09 Temple Entrance.  The posters are temporary.
Entrance(Night) 2000/Apr/09 Temple entrance doors at night.  Both doors have graphical lines and, "The House of the Lord, Holiness to the Lord." has been written on the upper window.
tarrace 2000/Apr/09 Temple terrace. These are the windows of the Celestial room.  Newly married couples in the temple will take their memorial pictures here.
tarrace2 2000/Apr/09 Windows of the Celestial Room. There is no stained-glass in the Japan Fukuoka Temple.
ent1 2000/Feb/13 In front of the Temple entrance.
ent 2000/Feb/13 Temple entrance. The doors are temporary and the gates have been put up.
under entrance 2000/Feb/13 The way to the 1st-floor parking. Please compare it to the "Jan.15th" picture.
Committee 2000/Feb/13 Leaders of the Fukuoka Japan Temple Committee. From left side, Brother Inoue as president of PBO public relations, Elder Kendrick as Asia North Area President, Elder Gery S. Matsuda as a member of the Area Executive Seventee, President & Sister McAurther of the Japan Fukuoka Mission, and Elder & Sister Shumway as public relations missionary.
view8 2000/Feb/13 Members of Fukuoka Japan Temple Committee inspecting the  temple site. The Fukuoka Japan Temple has two floors. The basement floor is for the mission home offices, home of the mission president, and guestroom for visiting general authorities. The 2nd Floor is the temple.
Basement Parking 2000/Feb/13 Basement parking space. The parking spaces have been divided off.  This area is being used as a painting booth.
view5 2000/Jan/15    Full view of the temple site.  In the background     is  the Fukuoka Zoo. "The House of The Lord, Holiness to the Lord" signs has been written in the left side ( East ) of the Temple.
view6 2000/Jan/15 Looking up the northern wall from the Fukuoka City parking lot.
view7 2000/Jan/15 Picture of the Southern side of the Temple taken from the forest of the Fukuoka Zoo.
under tarrace 2000/Jan/15 Under the temple terrace.  We can see the stairs of the emergency exit.
Under Entrance 2000/Jan/15 Under the main temple entrance leading to the basement parking space.
view4 1999/Dec/29 All of the construction guard nets have been removed.
view3 1999/Dec/29 Cherry blossom trees and the temple. All of the outside walls have been completed.
east wall 1999/Dec/06 "The House of the Lord. Holiness to the Lord" sign.  Written in Japanese, of course.
Explain board 1999/Dec/06 Construction explaination board for temple.
view2 1999/Nov/28 Statue Moroni has been set on top of the tower.
parking 1999/Nov/07 The 2nd floor parking area.  Fresh concrete.
view1 1999/Nov/07 The day before the Statue Moroni is put into place.
wall3 1999/Oct/31 We can see the window slits in the walls now.
wall4 1999/Oct/31 The South Eastern corner. The wall has been tiled with shiny granite plates.
wall1 1999/Oct/16 Concrete structures are now being poured into place.
wall2 1999/Oct/16 Taken from the bus stop in front of the Fukuoka Temple and Zoo.  The right side is a small tobacco stand..
Frame4 1999/Sep/18 Iron scaffolding being put into place.
Frame3 1999/Aug/19 Steel support beams are almost all in place.
Frame2 1999/Aug/1st Continuing to construct the steel support frame.
Å´¹ü¹©»ö³«»Ï 1999/Jul/25 Beginning the steel beam frame of the Temple.
basement 1999/Jun/05 Temple basement construction.
Grounding 1999/May/08 Making preparation for the new temple site.
groundbraking 1999/Mar/20 Ground breaking ceremony.
temple site 1999/Mar/13 A week before the ground breaking. All buildings have been removed and preparations made for the temple site.  The old Japanese garden has been buried.