Cities Designated by Government Ordinance

One of Japan’s well-known cities is Kobe because of its beef. Kobe beef is known by many around the world as expensive, top-of-the-line beef. In 1995, the Great Han-shin Earthquake struck Western Japan and over 6,000 lost their lives. Of these, about 2/3 lived in Kobe. This city is also well known in Baptist circles […]

Japan consists of four major islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu along with thousands of other smaller islands. On the Northern part of Kyushu is the city of Kitakyushu City. If you know anything about Japanese, you might know that the word kita(北) means north. Kitakyushu City is on the northern part of Kyushu island.  Kitakyushu City has

Just beneath the the city of Tokyo is the City of Kawasaki. While Kawasaki is not technically Tokyo, its 1.5 Million people contribute to the great urban conglomeration. Since the city is only 55 square miles, there are over 26,000 people per square mile! In planting churches, we would like to see a church for every

Perhaps one of the best known cities in Japan aside from Tokyo is Hiroshima. Because Hiroshima was bombed during WWII, many history books will mention this city. While much of the city was destroyed from the atomic bomb, the city continues to this day and only has traces of the bombing left. Japan often recovers

Hamamatsu, this month’s CDGO highlight city, is yet another one of the 20 cities designated by government ordinance. With a population over 700,000, this is yet another strategic city that is desperately in need of the Gospel. The need for the Gospel is evident if you simply search for “church” in Japanese. When I looked

This week’s City by Designated by Government Ordinance (CDGO) highlight is Fukuoka City. Fukuoka is a port city on the norther part of Kyushu Island and has a population of about 1.5 million people. With the metropolitan population bringing the total to 2.5 million, Fukuoka is indeed a key city in need of the Gospel.

Each month Reaching Japan is highlighting one of the 20 Cities Designated by Government Ordinance. This week’s spotlight is on Chiba city. Chiba City is kind of like Oklahoma city in that it has the same name as the prefecture (state) that is in. Chiba City is in Chiba Prefecture. As part of the greater

This week, we will be highlighting one of  the 20 cities in Japan known as Cities Designated by Government Ordinance. Today’s city is one that is especially dear to me because it is the city I was born in. My hometown, Sagamihara, is one of the smaller designated cities with around 720,000 people (metro Atlanta