Nippon Vedanta Kyokai (Vedanta Society of Japan), Kanagawa-ken

Founded in 1959, the centre was affiliated to the Ramakrishna Math in 1984. Swami Medhasananda is its Swami-in-charge.

Activities:

• Regular religious and scriptural classes and retreats at the centre and at other places in Japan.
• Weekly yogasana classes and monthly Karma yoga classes.
• Publication of a bimonthly Japanese magazine Fumetsu No Kotoba (The Universal Gospel), and Japanese translations of a few important titles in the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature.
• Publication of a monthly e-newsletter in English and Japanese.
• A library with 2800 books, and a bookstore
• Welfare work by serving food once a month to homeless people at Kotobuki-cho in Yokohama.
• Spiritual guidance and counselling.
• Celebration of the birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio and some other religious luminaries, as also festivals like Kalpataru Day, Christmas Eve and Kali Puja.