06 History of Tatars in Japan - Japonyada Turklerin Tarihi
Episode 6
Because of lack of books, families hand-copied books for children. Then in 1928 they established the first muslim publishing house in Tokyo. Until 1945 most marriages were within-among the community or with other Turkic people. They bought a land in Tama Tokyo as a cemetry for muslims. In 1935 Kobe mosque was built together with Indian muslims. Tokyo mosque followed this in 1936, and served until 1986. Then it was replaced by a new mosque, with the help of Turkish government. The land of the mosque and the old school was donated to Turkish government as an expression of gratitute for accepting all community here to Turkish citizenship in 1953.
