- Source: 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.
The music video for the AKB48 song "Aitakatta" was filmed here.
See also
List of lighthouses in Japan
References
External links
Lighthouses in Japan (in Japanese)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar mercusuar di Jepang
- Sunosaki Lighthouse
- Cape Sunosaki
- List of lighthouses in Japan
- Uraga Channel
- Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park
- Japanese destroyer Murakumo (1898)
- Mineoka Mountain District
- List of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
- Aitakatta
- List of shipwrecks in September 1944
