This huge white truck slowly opens, turning into a place of worship before your eyes. This is the Mobile Mosque. As Japan's inbound tourism booms ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a Tokyo-based company created the Mobile Mosque to accommodate up to 50 people. The mosque-on-wheels was debuted at Toyoda stadium in western Japan, and gives people a place to worship when they attend events. The majority of the world's Muslims live in Asia, but there are very few places of worship for Muslims in Japan. "The idea of religion in Japan can be a bit complicated," explains Executive Committee Chairman of the Mobile Mosque Project, Yasuharu Inou. "But as an open and hospitable country, we want to share the idea of omotenashi, (Japanese hospitality) with Muslim people. That's why we developed the Mobile Mosque," The Mobile Mosque Project has been in development for four years. The heavy-duty truck expands into a large room and is equipped with prayer mats and a water basin for ritual pre-worship cleansing.
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