List of lighthouses in Japan

This is a list of lighthouses in Japan.[1][2][3]

## Lighthouses

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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

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* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
* List of tallest structures in Japan
* Fifty lighthouses in Japan — Lighthouses poll by Japan Coast Guard (in Japanese)

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Northern Hokkaidō". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
3. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Southern Hokkaidō". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
4. ^ https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/03kanku/onetapview/posts/news40.html
5. ^ https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/06kanku/uwajima/pdf/daihachi14.pdf
6. ^ a b https://lighthouse007.jimdofree.com/index/4915/
7. ^ a b https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/02kanku/sakata/root_work/04_koukouenjyo_gyoumu/toudai/04_arasaki_lh/01_arasaki.htm
8. ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/tkkwp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/P215_Eboshi.pdf
9. ^ https://lighthouse-japan.com/kanagawa/enoshima/enoshima.html
10. ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/history/history02/
11. ^ https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight03/
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
13. ^ http://gauss.ninja-web.net/jyogasim.htm
14. ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight05/
15. ^ a b https://www.tokokai.org/history/history01/
16. ^ https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight04/
17. ^ https://adeac.jp/shinagawa-city/texthtml/d000020/mp000020/ht000920

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