Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
From our Yokohama, Japan, center, a second busiest and the largest city after Tokyo, we express our deepest gratitude for your having given us the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We come together every month for kirtan, kṛṣṇa-kathā, dancing kirtan, and prasādam. Our team cooks bhoga, decorates the hall for the program, and places the Deities’ pictures. The Japanese participate in kirtan and festivals. The Japanese like Gaura-Pūrṇimā and the Holi festival of colors. They also like the festival of lights (Deepavali) and Govardhana-pūjā.
Our team has been growing because of your empowerment through the guidance and care of His Holiness Kavicandra Swami Mahārāja. Our team members are embracing the process of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, adopting the four regulative principles within their lifestyle, and observing Vaiṣṇava festivals. Our team members in Yokohama are cordial and cooperative in organizing our Hare Kṛṣṇa festivals and programs.
Our team is very much excited during book distribution, especially the book marathon month, November-December. Our team distributes books in groups and goes door to door to distribute your book Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in languages like Japanese, English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, and Bengali. We also distribute small books as sets to our community members.
In Yokohama in 2025, we distributed 400 Bhagavad-gītās and 100 small books.
Our congregation also comes together during Bhadra Pūrṇimā to receive Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam into their homes and sponsor sets of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for yoga studios for the Japanese community.
In Yokohama in 2025, we distributed 11 full sets of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in languages like English, Telegu, and Hindi.
During this period, one of our members, Sudāmā Dāsa (KCS), worked with a devotee named Onon Zorigtkhuu, from Mongolia. He inspired Onon to speak to her friends and the devotees in Mongolia and encourage them to accept Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam into their homes. By Your Divine Grace’s mercy, she agreed to speak to her friends and the devotees in Mongolia.
With Onan’s coordination in Mongolia, Sudāmā Dāsa was able to send 25 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets and 3 Caitanya-caritāmṛta sets to Mongolia. All these sets were in the English language.
It took lots of coordination, but we did all of this legally and with permission from the BBT in America, the GBC, and respected ISKCON authorities. A very special thanks to our ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) team for sending books to our centers in Yokohama and Tsukuba in Japan.
During the Bhadra Pūrṇimā campaign, our Japanese devotees distributed 6 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets and 1 Caitanya-caritāmṛta set among themselves or gifted them to friends.
The kids in Yokohama are very enthusiastic while doing dramas, kirtan, festivals, and chanting. They are excited to hear the pastimes of Lord Rāma and Kṛṣṇa’s childhood pastimes.
The families in Yokohama embraced the Monopoly game Every town and Village enthusiastically. This game was brought to Japan by His Holiness Kavicandra Swami Mahārāja. We distributed them to Japanese devotees, and devotees from India and Nepal.
As a team we’re growing slowly and surely to bring the auspiciousness Your Divine Grace gave us through Kṛṣṇa consciousness to Japan. Our Yokohama team humbly seeks Your Divine Grace’s blessings to continue and progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness with all cooperation, and to spread Lord Caitanya’s message and mission to more families in the coming years. We beg your mercy to help us properly understand and practice Your Divine Grace’s teachings, which we are learning through your books and lectures.
Your servants at ISKCON Yokohama
Sudāmā Dāsa and our team