Year first lit 1975 (current) Markings / pattern white tower Opened 1 August 1875 | Construction concrete tower Height 16 m | |
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Location EboshijimaItoshima, FukuokaJapan Year first constructed August 1, 1875 (1875-08-01) (first) Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Similar Shinagawa Lighthouse, Mutsurejima Lighthouse, Shirasu Lighthouse, Kinkasan Lighthouse, Mikomotoshima Lighthouse | ||
Eboshijima Lighthouse (烏帽子島灯台, eboshijima tōdai) is an unmanned lighthouse in Eboshijima, a tiny island administered by Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan. The island is in Karatsu Bay.
History
This lighthouse was one of those designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan in the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make it safe for foreign ships to come to Japan following the opening of Japan to the West. It was first lit in August 1, 1875 (1875-08-01).
References
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