This is a list of lighthouses in Japan.[1][2][3]
Lighthouses
[edit]Name | Image | Built | Location | Characteristic | NGA number | Admiralty number |
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Anorisaki Lighthouse ![]() | 1948 | Agochō-Anori 34°21′55″N 136°54′31″E | Fl W 15s[4] | 112-6356 | M6042 | |
Iyo-aoshima Lighthouse ![]() | 24 Mar 1970[5] | Ōzu 33°44′9″N 132°28′38″E[6] | Fl(2) W 8s[6] | 112-9144 | M5644.4 | |
Arasaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1 Jan 1903[7] | Tsuruoka 38°45′45″N 139°43′26″E | Fl W 5s[7] | M7087 | |
Eboshijima Lighthouse ![]() | 1 Aug 1875[8] | Itoshima 33°41′23″N 129°58′57″E | Fl W 15s[8] | 112-12276 | M5262 | |
Enoshima Sea Candle ![]() | ![]() | 31 Dec 2002 | Samuel Cocking Garden 35°17′59″N 139°28′42″E | Fl W 10s[9] | M6332 | |
Esaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 14 Jun 1871[10] | Awaji 34°36′23″N 134°59′36″E | Al W R 10s[10] | 112-7648 | M5796 |
Hesaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1871 | Fukuoka Prefecture, Kitakyushu 33°57′34″N 131°1′22″E | F Fl W 15s | 112-9766 | M5312 |
Inubōsaki Lighthouse ![]() | 15 Nov 1874[11] | Suigō-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park 35°42′28″N 140°52′7″E | Fl W 15s[12] | 112-4780 | M6478 | |
Iojimazaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1954 | Nagasaki 32°42′53″N 129°45′40″E | Fl(4) W 20s | 112-11792 | M5194 |
Irago Lighthouse ![]() | 1929 | Tahara 34°34′46″N 137°0′58″E | 112-5812 | M6052 | ||
Irōzaki Lighthouse ![]() | 1871 | Minamiizu 34°36′10″N 138°50′43″E | Al Fl W R 16s | 112-5572 | M6270 | |
Jōgashima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1870, 8 Sep 1870[13] | Miura 35°8′6″N 139°36′40″E | Fl W 15s | 112-5368 | M6343 |
Kannonsaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 11 Feb 1869[14] | Kannonzaki Park 35°15′22″N 139°44′43″E | Fl(2) W 15s[14] | 112-5076 | M6360 |
Kashinosaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 8 Jul 1870 | Kushimoto 33°28′17″N 135°51′43″E | Gp Fl (2) 20s | 112-6756 | M5998 |
Kinkasan Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | May 1876 | Ayukawahama 38°16′36″N 141°35′3″E | Al Fl W R 20s | 112-4344 | M6546 |
Mikomotoshima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1 Jan 1871[15] | Mikomoto Island 34°34′31″N 138°56′29″E | Fl(2) W 16s[12][15] | 112-5548[12] | M6290 |
Mizunokojima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1904 | Saiki 33°2′37″N 132°10′38″E | Fl W 10s | 112-10464 | M4912 |
Mutsurejima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1871 | Yamaguchi Prefecture, Shimonoseki 33°58′41″N 130°52′5″E | Fl W 10s | 112-9944 | M5334 |
Nojimasaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1869 | Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park 34°54′6″N 139°53′18″E | Fl W 15s[16] | 112-4992[12] | M6456[12] |
Nomazaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 3 Oct 1921 | Mihama 34°45′28″N 136°50′40″E | Iso W 6s | 112-6108 | M6144 |
Nosappumisaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Nemuro 43°23′7″N 145°49′1″E | Iso WR 4s | 112-0448 | M6840 | |
Nyudozaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1951 | Oga 40°0′18″N 139°42′6″E | Fl W 15s | 112-3604 | M7058 |
Ogami Lighthouse ![]() | Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture 33°10′44″N 129°19′56″E | Fl W 4s[12] | 112-11984 | M5240 | ||
Omaesaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1874 | Omaezaki 34°35′45″N 138°13′33″E | Fl W 4s | 112-5770 | M6234.5 |
Ōmazaki Lighthouse ![]() | 1921 | Oma 41°33′17″N 140°54′42″E | Fl(3) W 30s | 112-3832 | M6634 | |
Old Sakai Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1877 | Sakai-ku 34°35′1″N 135°27′32″E | F G | ||
Rokkōsaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Suzu 37°31′44″N 137°19′35″E | M7196 | |||
Satamisaki Lighthouse ![]() | 18 Oct 1871 | Minamiōsumi 30°59′32″N 130°39′34″E | Fl(2) W 16s | 112-10912 | M4836 | |
Shinagawa Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 5 Apr 1870 | Museum Meiji-mura 35°36′0″N 139°44′0″E, 35°20′30″N 136°59′39″E | F R[17] | ||
Shionomisaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1870 | Kushimoto 33°26′15″N 135°45′16″E | Fl W 15s | 112-6776 | M5994 |
Shirasu Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Kokurakita-ku 33°59′1″N 130°47′30″E | Fl W 4s | 112-9960 | M5328 | |
Shiriyazaki Lighthouse ![]() | 1876 | Higashidori 41°25′48″N 141°27′43″E | Fl W 10s | 112-3860 | M6628 | |
Sugashima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Toba 34°30′0″N 136°54′32″E | Fl W 4s[12] | 112-6328 | M6048 | |
Sunosaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1919 | Tateyama 34°58′31″N 139°45′25″E | Al Fl W R 30s | 112-5004 | M6452 |
Tappisaki Lighthouse ![]() | 1932 | Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture 41°15′30″N 140°20′33″E | Fl W 20s | 112-3704 | M6662 | |
Tomogashima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Wakayama 34°16′51″N 135°0′1″E | Alt RW 10s | 112-7200 | M5960 | |
Tsunoshima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Shimonoseki 34°21′9″N 130°50′28″E | Fl W 5s | 112-1568 | M7397 | |
Tsurugisaki Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | 1871 | Miura 35°8′25″N 139°40′38″E | Al Fl(2+1) WG 30s[12] | 112-5044[12] | M6354 |
Tsurushima Lighthouse ![]() | ![]() | Matsuyama 33°53′35″N 132°38′19″E | Al Fl W R 16s | 112-9128 | M5436 | |
Wakkanai Lighthouse ![]() | Wakkanai 45°26′58″N 141°38′43″E | M6109 | ||||
Yokohama Marine Tower ![]() | ![]() | 15 Jan 1961 | Yamashitachō 35°26′38″N 139°39′3″E | Al Fl R G 20s | 112-5196 | M6400 |
See also
[edit]- Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
- List of tallest structures in Japan
- Fifty lighthouses in Japan — Lighthouses poll by Japan Coast Guard (in Japanese)
References
[edit]- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2014. p. 4.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Northern Hokkaidō". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Southern Hokkaidō". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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- ^ https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/06kanku/uwajima/pdf/daihachi14.pdf
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- ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/tkkwp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/P215_Eboshi.pdf
- ^ https://lighthouse-japan.com/kanagawa/enoshima/enoshima.html
- ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/history/history02/
- ^ https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight03/
- ^ a b c d e f g h i NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
- ^ http://gauss.ninja-web.net/jyogasim.htm
- ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight05/
- ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/history/history01/
- ^ https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight04/
- ^ https://adeac.jp/shinagawa-city/texthtml/d000020/mp000020/ht000920