Sunosaki Lighthouse
Sunosaki Lighthouse (洲崎灯台, Sunosaki tōdai) is a lighthouse located in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan at the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula.
History
Sunosaki Lighthouse was first lit on December 15, 1919, and completes the navigational aid systems for all vessels entering Uraga Channel and Tokyo Bay, with Kannonzaki Lighthouse and Tsurugisaki Lighthouse on the western side of Miura Peninsula, and the Nojimazaki Lighthouse and the Sunosaki Lighthouse on the eastern side of the Bōsō Peninsula.
The building is a cylindrical white structure with a height of 15 meters. The building and its supporting base are made from concrete. The focal height of the light is 45 meters above sea level.[1]
The music video for the AKB48 song "Aitakatta" was filmed here.
See also
References
- ^ The Viewpoints of Tateyama City Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
External links
- Lighthouses in Japan (in Japanese)
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(Léonce Verny)
- Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869/1925)
- Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)
- Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870)
- Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)
(“Brunton’s Children”)
- Kashinozaki Lighthouse (1870)
- Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Esaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Hesaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871)
- Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872)
- Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872)
- Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872)
- Shirasu Lighthouse (1873/1900)
- Sugashima Lighthouse (1873)
- Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873)
- Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873)
- Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873)
- Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874)
- Omaesaki Lighthouse (1874)
- Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875)
- Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876)
- Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876)
- Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876)
- Rokkosaki Lighthouse (1883)
- Nyūdōzaki Lighthouse (1898)
- Wakkanai Lighthouse (1900)
- Mizunokojima Lighthouse (1904)
- Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919)
- Ōmazaki Lighthouse (1920
- Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921)
- Tappizaki Lighthouse (1932)
- Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)
- Enoshima Sea Candle (2003)
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