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Japan KobeMission map & boundaries.

The Japan Kobe Mission serves Hyōgo, Kōchi, most of Okayama and 11 more areas. A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it serves in Japanese, and was organized in 1968.

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Mission essentials

Organized
1 September 1968
Languages spoken
Japanese
Country
Japan
Area
Asia North
Map centre
34°28′N 134°20′E
Last checked
6 September 2026

Meet your mission president and leaders.

Jason Kerr and Kristen Sybrowsky KerrMission leaders · since July 2026

Before them

  • Tsuyoshi Sano and Tomomi SanoJuly 2023 – July 2026
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What areas are in the Japan Kobe Mission?

The mapped boundary covers 14 regions, largest first.

  • Hyōgo
  • Kōchi
  • most of Okayama
  • Ehime
  • Kyōto
  • Wakayama
  • Tokushima
  • Shiga
  • Nara
  • Tottori
  • part of Mie
  • Kagawa
  • Ōsaka
  • part of Shimane
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Mission history

Earlier names

  • Japan-Okinawa until 10 June 1970
  • Japan Central until 10 June 1970

Older links still work — /missions/japan-central redirect here permanently.

Mission office

No office address is available for this mission. No public source lists a current one. We would rather show nothing than an address that turns out to be wrong.

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Other missions in Japan

All 7 missions in Japan