Jōgashima Lighthouse

Jōgashima Lighthouse (城ヶ島灯台 Jōgashima tōdai) is a lighthouse located on the island of Jōgashima (in Japanese: 城ヶ島) in the city of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, off the southernmost and western tip of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay. It is the fifth oldest western style lighthouse to be built in Japan, and the 2nd oldest surviving to the present day.

The Jōgashima Lighthouse was one of eight lighthouses built in Japan under the provisions of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce of 1858, signed by the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa Shogunate. The lighthouse was designed and constructed by expatriate French engineer Léonce Verny. Verny constructed another four lighthouses around Tokyo Bay, and was also the engineer who built the nearby Yokosuka Naval Arsenal during his career in Japan.

The Jōgashima Lighthouse was completed on September 8, 1870 after the Meiji Restoration, and was originally built of brick. The original structure was destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 1, 1923 and was replaced with the current reinforced-concrete round structure on August 1, 1925. In 1928, its light source was changed from acetylene to electric, greatly increasing its visibility. The lighthouse has been unmanned since 1991. It is currently maintained by the Japan Coast Guard.

References

  • Pedlar, Neil. The Imported Pioneers: Westerners who Helped Build Modern Japan. Routledge, 1990. ISBN 090440451X

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Nao
19 September 2016
城ヶ島西端の小高い丘の上にある白亜の灯台。高台にあるので、晴れた日はとても海の見晴らしがよいですよ。日本で5番目に点灯した西洋式灯台なのだそうです。
Fuyuhiko Takaya
22 February 2021
1870年に初点灯した日本で5番目の西洋式灯台。現在二代目らしい。
ysbay98 manakareshi
12 May 2013
伊豆半島や大島、房総半島が一望できる
yakiyaki jijii
25 June 2015
景色最後に良かった。富士山や大島が見えた
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Sat 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

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