title: Church on the Water
text: # Church on the Water
  
  43°03′49″N 142°37′34″E﻿ / ﻿43.06374°N 142.62618°E﻿ / 43.06374; 142.62618
  
  Church on the Water (Japanese: 水の教会) also known as Chapel on the Water is a privately owned wedding chapel in Tomamu, Shimukappu on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. The chapel faces a large reflecting pool visible through a large floor-to-ceiling window in the Japanese architectural tradition of shakkei.
  
  The building is a notable project of Japanese modernist architect Tadao Ando who designed the structure in 1985.
  
  