The temple serves more than 7,700 members in Kyūshū, Okinawa, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Shikoku.

Its 1.25-acre (5,100 m2) site in Chūō-ku is adjacent to the Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and is also the location of a mission home and offices for the LDS Church.

A site dedication and a groundbreaking ceremony for the Fukuoka Japan Temple were held on March 20, 1999.

LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Fukuoka Japan Temple on June 11, 2000.

[2] In 2020, the Fukuoka Japan Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.