The Czech architect Jan Josef Švagr designed the mosque, which the article calls Japan's first. The Islamic Committee of Kōbe began the project in 1928 and funded it through donations, with Aga Khan III a major contributor. The Takenaka Corporation built it, and it was completed in 1935.
It is a reinforced concrete building with three levels above ground and one below. The roofs mix flat sections and domes, with copper roofing over wooden structures. The infobox gives the style as Indo-Islamic, and the text describes a blend of traditional Asian and Turkish influences.
The Imperial Japanese Navy confiscated it in 1943, and it survived the 1945 air raids largely unscathed. The 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake damaged it without collapsing it, and it is sometimes called the Miracle Mosque. It stands in the Kitano-chō foreign district. The article gives no dimensions.
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