Construction granite tower Opened 1 November 1876 Phone +81 225-45-2304 | Height 54.6 metres (179 ft) Automated 2005 Year first constructed 1876 | |
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Location KinkasanOshika PeninsulaIshinomaki, MiyagiJapan Year first lit November 1, 1876 (1876-11-01) Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower and lantern Similar Kinkasan, Sugashima Lighthouse, Mikomotoshima Lighthouse, Ōmazaki Lighthouse, Shiriyazaki Lighthouse | ||
Ishinomaki wave damage to a bridge
Kinkasan Lighthouse (金華山灯台, Kinkasan tōdai) is a lighthouse on Kinkasan, an island off the Oshika Peninsula in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.
The Kinkasan Lighthouse was one of 26 lighthouses designed and built in Meiji period Japan by the British engineer Richard Henry Brunton. It was completed and lit on November 1, 1876, eight months after Brunton left Japan.
The lighthouse was destroyed from July to August 1945 by the United States Navy during World War II, but was rebuilt in February 1946. It was completely automated on April 1, 2005.
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