Are you searching for a Tokyo English Easter Church service? We have develop a list of six Tokyo churches who are providing Holly Week services on line from Maudy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Below the list of Tokyo Churches we also have links to helpful Holy Week materials for families with children and links to other expat reccomended Church’s overseas with online services. Happy Easter – Sunday, April 12th, 2020.
Tokyo English Easter Church Services 2020
1. Franciscan Chapel Center (Roppongi, Tokyo) – Online Holy Week Services announced. Sunday services will be announce soon.
Thursday, April 9 @ 18:00 on YouTube Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MJo9o4qM5U
Religion: Catholic
Easter Sunday services: to be announced soon
Address: 4-2-37 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Phone: 03-3401-2141
Access: 2 min walk from Roppongi Subway Station
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2. St. Alban’s Anglican Episcopal Church (Shiba Koen, Tokyo)Maudy
All services are being held on Zoom. A complete schedule can be found here for Holy Week. https://www.saintalbans.jp/calendar
Holly Week Online Sermons
Maudy Thursday 9th: 18:30 – 19:30 (click on link in the calendar)
Good Friday: 12:00 -13:00 (click on link in the calendar)
Easter Sunday: 10:30-11:30 (click on link in the calendar)
Religion: Episcopal
Address: 3-6-25 Shiba Koen Minato-ku
Phone: 03-3431-8534
Access: 5 min walk from Kamiyacho Subway Station
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3. Lifehouse Church (Roppongi, Tokyo)
Two Sunday Easter services at 11:30 and 3:00pm at this link. https://mylifehouse.com/online/
Religion: Australian Christian Churches – Japanese/English Bilingual services
Easter Sunday: Sunday, April 12th, 2020 – 11:30 & 15:00
Address: Belle Salle Shibuya Garden
Phone: 03-3261-3740
Access: 5 min walk from Roppongi Station – Hibuya Line (Exit 2) / Oedo Line (Exit 4B)
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4. Tokyo Union Church (Omotesando, Tokyo) – Will offer all services online for the month of April
Holy Week Services Live Stream Services – click here https://tokyounion.online.church
Maundy Thursday, April 9, 7:30 pm – prepare your “bread” and drink (see below)
Good Friday, April 10, 7:30 pm
Easter Sunday, April 12, 11:00 am – only one service – prepare bread and drink
Religion: Protestant
Easter services:
Easter Sunday: Online April 12 @ 11:00 click here https://tokyounion.online.church
Address: 5-7-7 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3400-0047
Access: 3 minute walk from Omotesando station
5. Tokyo Baptist Church (Shibuya, Tokyo) – Sunday online service on YouTube at 11:00 Easter Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TEtXWh-CGg&feature=youtu.be
Religion: Baptist
Easter services:
Easter Sunday: April 12, 2020 – 11:00
Address: 9-2 Hachiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3461-8425
Access: 5 min walk from Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line
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6. Tokyo Lutheran Church (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Easter Sunday service will be broadcast on the church’s Youtube channel from 10:00 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuTngO0qmAcN8mHsEZ6vqA
Religion: Lutheran
Easter Sunday: April 12, 2020 – 10:00 – 10:55
Address: 1-14-14 Ookubo Shinjuku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3209-5702
Access: 5 Minutes walk from Shin-Okubo Station. 7 minutes Okubo Station or 10 minutes Higashi-Shinjuku Station.
Here are some other online materials for teaching about Holy Week
These two pdf files created by Kristen Pitts for Washington Episcopal School assist parents in talking with children about Holy Week.
Click here for Holy Week at Home for Pre-K.
Click here for Holy Week at Home for Grades 1-5.
Holy Week Resources for Families – Church Publishing created this free resource.
Holy Week, The Cross, and Children by Elizabeth Windsor (Building Faith) can give adults confidence talking about the tough stuff with children.
Other Expat recommendations for Online Holy Week services at churches that are close to Japan time zone
1. St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane, Australia: stjohnscathedral.com.au Only a one hour difference between Tokyo and Brisbane so it begins at 8:30 AM (Japan Time).
2. St. Andrew Cathedral, Singapore Online services https://cathedral.org.sg Only a one hour difference between Tokyo and Singapore.
Maundy Thursday – Bishop Rennis Ponniah & Revd Canon Terry Wong| 9 April 2020, 8.00 pm
Good Friday – Bishop Rennis Ponniah, Revd Christopher Chia and team| 10 April 2020, 12.00 pm
Easter Sunrise – Bishop Rennis Ponniah| 12 April 2020, 6.00 am
Tokyo English Easter Church Services 2020 – Online English Services
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