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2026/2/18 (Wed.): Today, at sunset, the holy month of Ramadan started. It will be a fasting day tomorrow
Today, the holy month of Ramadan has started at sunset. At Kyoto Grand Mosque, we prayed Tarawih prayers for the first night together. It will be a fasting day tomorrow. May Allah SWT bestow us peace, abundant blessings, and many good things during this holy month!
2026/2/17 (Tue.): Ramadan's fasting will start on 2/19 (Thur.)
Tonight, Japan's Ru'ya Committee decided, based on the lack of a new moon observation in Japan and Malaysia, that the holy month of Ramadan will start at the sunset of 2/18 (Wed.) and the fasting will start on 2/19 (Thu.). We wish you all the best during the holy month with peace and blessings of Allah SWT.
2026/2/13 (Fri.): Ramadan is coming! Ru'ya Committee will be held on 2/17 (Tue.)
The holy month of Ramadan is coming! On 2/17(Tue.), Japan's Ru'ya Committee will decide when Ramadan starts based on New moon observation. Around 21:00, the committee decides whether fasting starts on 2/18 (Wed.) or 2/19 (Thu.). Once the decision is announced, we also post it on this site, insha Allah ta'ala.
During Ramadan, on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, our Grand Mosque provides Iftar at sunset. If you want to participate in the community Iftar, please come in time.
2026/1/1 (Thu.): Friday prayer as usual tomorrow!
We hope that you are enjoying the new year holidays of Japan. Since it is not part of our Hijra calendar, we have no particular Islamic events. It will be a usual Friday tomowwor. We pray together three times on Friday noon these days, due the increasing number of attendance for Friday prayer. Tomorrow, we expect more attendance in a holiday season, so please be informed that we may pray Jum'a prayer four times.
Please come to the Masjid with your wudu to avoid crowdiness, though you can do your wudu at the mosque.
Sisters (Muslimahs) can pray Jum'a together, too. We apologize for the limited space for sisters, if that causes any inconvenience.
2025/12/27 (Sat.): Islamic Cultural Center will be closed from 12/28 (Sun.) to 2026/1/4 (Sun.)
Islamic Cultural Center, next to Kyoto Grand Mosque, will be closed from 12/28 (Sun.) to 2026/1/4 (Sun.). To visitors to the Mosque, the facilities of the Center will not be available. We are sorry for any incovenience. On 1/2 (Fri.), the Center will be open during Jum'a time, from 11:30 to 15:00. .
2025/12/26 (Friday.): A Japanese embraced in Islam
On December 26, before the Jum'a prayer, a Japanese man embraced in Islam, and the brothers who gathered earlier for the Jum'a prayer attended the Shahadah ceremony and acted as witnesses in the ceremony, and celebrated this new brother. Al-Hamdu li-Allah (SWT).
2025/12/26 (Friday.): The Jum'a prayer was duely conducted.
On December 26, the Jum'a prayer were conducted with three Jama'a prayers, with three Khutbahs, al-Hamdu li-Allah (SWT).