Nojimazaki Lighthouse
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Nojimazaki Lighthouse (野島埼灯台, Nojimazaki tōdai) is a
Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture Japan
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History
The Nojimazaki Lighthouse was one of eight lighthouses to be built in
French engineer Léonce Verny, and is noteworthy in that it is the second lighthouse to be completed in Japan, after the Kannonzaki Lighthouse on the opposing entrance to Tokyo Bay. As completed, the whitewashed octagonal brick structure stood 30 metres (98 ft) high, and had a first-order Fresnel lens
, with a kerosene light source. The lighthouse was first lit on January 19, 1869.
During the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the top eight meters of the structure collapsed. It was rebuilt in concrete, and recommissioned on August 15, 1925. The structure was again damaged in 1945 by bombardment by the United States Navy. It was repaired after the war with a second-order Fresnel lens, and was subsequently electrified.
Current status
The Nojimazaki Lighthouse is currently open to the public, who may visit a small museum at its base, and climb to the top for a panoramic view over the Pacific Ocean. It is registered with the
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
as one of the “One Hundred Most Important Lighthouses in the World” and by the Japanese government as a Historic Monument.
Gallery
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See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Eastern Honshū (Ibaraki and Chiba)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Brunton, Richard. Building Japan, 1868–1879. Japan Library, 1991. ISBN 1-873410-05-0
- Pedlar, Neil. The Imported Pioneers: Westerners who Helped Build Modern Japan. Routledge, 1990. ISBN 0-904404-51-X
- HachetteFujin Gahōsha (アシェット婦人画報社).
- Sims, Richard. (1998). French Policy Towards the Bakufu and Meiji Japan 1854–1894: A Case of Misjudgement and Missed Opportunities. London: OCLC 39086176
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