City Facts:
Population: 1,965,433
Metro Area: Sapporo, 2.6 million
Only major city on Hokkaido island
Sapporo, the fifth-largest city in Japan, is the political, cultural, and economic center of the northernmost part of the country. Built virtually from the ground up in the late 1800s by order of the national government, the city developed with significant American influence on its agricultural economy, academic institutions, and urban planning. Hokkaido, the island and prefecture of which Sapporo is the capital, enjoys considerable brand influence within Japan and supplies much of the country’s agricultural and marine products.
After Japan reopened to international trade and subsequently allowed freedom of religion in the mid-1800s, it was in Sapporo that one of the first clusters of Christian believers formed and one of the first Protestant churches in Japan planted. Yet despite this history, the city and region are home to remarkably few believers in Christ today. For the millions in Japan’s north who have yet to find God, Mustard Seed Network aims to go and plant a new gospel-proclaiming church in the city of Sapporo.
A team has formed and plans to plant a gospel-centered church in Sapporo in the winter of 2024-2025.
Church Planters
Tanner and Delaney Salva
Josh Walter
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