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Sikhism in Japan
Sikhism in Japan is a small, minority religion (Japanese: 日本のシーク教徒, romanized: Nihon no shīku kyōto, lit. 'Sikhs in Japan'). There are gurdwaras located in Tokyo, Ibaraki[citation needed] and Kobe.
In 1900, Puran Singh went to Japan for his studies at Tokyo University in the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, where he later became a Buddhist monk.
In the spring of 1902, Okakura Kakuzō was travelling in India whilst being accompanied by Surendranath Tagore. Tagore would later recount in his writings the following: "[Okakura's] samurai heart went out at once to the Sikhs of the Golden Temple, and of the kirpan‐cult".
Sikh royal, Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, visited Japan between 1903 and 1904, which left a deeply positive impression on him, leading him to write a memoir titled My Travel in China, Japan and Java in 1905.
“From the standpoint of the traveller, Japan is perhaps one of the most interesting countries in the world; the country itself is full of delightful and varied scenery, while its people possess a charm of appearance and manner unlike anything of the kind to be met with elsewhere.”
— Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, My Travel in China, Japan and Java (1905)
In July 1910, a pamphlet titled Japan-ki-Taraqqi ("Progress of Japan"), by Kesar Singh of Multan and published by the Mufid-i-Am Press, became known and it praised Japan's modernization and achievements, aspiring Indians to strive for the same for their nation. The author urges Sikhs to follow the influence of Japan in development, war and honour.
Sikhs were present in Japan in the early 1920s and first began moving to the western region of Japan after the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. The Sikhs who lived in Yokohama at the time had their property destroyed in the earthquake and moved to Kobe to start a new beginning. The population of Sikhs in the country was small at this time.
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Sikhism in Japan
Sikhism in Japan is a small, minority religion (Japanese: 日本のシーク教徒, romanized: Nihon no shīku kyōto, lit. 'Sikhs in Japan'). There are gurdwaras located in Tokyo, Ibaraki[citation needed] and Kobe.
In 1900, Puran Singh went to Japan for his studies at Tokyo University in the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, where he later became a Buddhist monk.
In the spring of 1902, Okakura Kakuzō was travelling in India whilst being accompanied by Surendranath Tagore. Tagore would later recount in his writings the following: "[Okakura's] samurai heart went out at once to the Sikhs of the Golden Temple, and of the kirpan‐cult".
Sikh royal, Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, visited Japan between 1903 and 1904, which left a deeply positive impression on him, leading him to write a memoir titled My Travel in China, Japan and Java in 1905.
“From the standpoint of the traveller, Japan is perhaps one of the most interesting countries in the world; the country itself is full of delightful and varied scenery, while its people possess a charm of appearance and manner unlike anything of the kind to be met with elsewhere.”
— Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, My Travel in China, Japan and Java (1905)
In July 1910, a pamphlet titled Japan-ki-Taraqqi ("Progress of Japan"), by Kesar Singh of Multan and published by the Mufid-i-Am Press, became known and it praised Japan's modernization and achievements, aspiring Indians to strive for the same for their nation. The author urges Sikhs to follow the influence of Japan in development, war and honour.
Sikhs were present in Japan in the early 1920s and first began moving to the western region of Japan after the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. The Sikhs who lived in Yokohama at the time had their property destroyed in the earthquake and moved to Kobe to start a new beginning. The population of Sikhs in the country was small at this time.
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