Kinkasan Lighthouse

38°16′36″N 141°35′03″E / 38.27655°N 141.58419°E / 38.27655; 141.58419TowerConstructed1876Constructiongranite towerAutomated2005Height54.6 metres (179 ft)Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower and lanternHeritageRegistered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan LightFirst litNovember 1, 1876 (1876-11-01)Focal height12.82 metres (42.1 ft)LensSecond order FresnelIntensity320,000 cdRange20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)CharacteristicAl Fl W R 20s.Japan no.JCG-1728^[1]

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. Work began in March 1874. 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.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Japan

References

• 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
• Brunton, Richard H. "THE JAPAN LIGHTS (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME)." Minutes of the Proceedings [of the Institution of Civil Engineers] 47.1877 (1876): 11. ICE Virtual Library. Web. 8 May 2011. <http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1877.22547>.

External links

• Lighthouses in Japan (in Japanese)
• Historic Lighthouses of Japan