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Nomazaki Lighthouse
野間埼灯台
Location Mihama, Aichi, Japan Coordinates 34°45′28.01″N 136°50′40.32″E / 34.7577806°N 136.8445333°E Year first constructed October 3, 1921 [1] Foundation Concrete Construction Concrete Tower shape Conical Markings / pattern White Height 18 metres (59 ft) [1] Focal height 16.9 metres (55 ft) [1] Original lens Fifth Order Fresnel Current lens LED Intensity 590 candela [1] Range 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) [1] Characteristic Iso. 3 seconds [1] Japan number 2632 Nomazaki Lighthouse (野間埼灯台 nomazaki tōdai) or just Noma Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Mihama, Aichi, Japan built during the Taishō period.
Lock Superstition
There is a belief that if a couple attaches a padlock to the fence surrounding this lighthouse, their love will prosper. Unfortunately this has the result of locks accumulating and bringing down the fence due to their weight.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "管内著名灯台紹介" (in Japanese). http://www6.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/nagoya/hyoushiki/noma.htm. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
Lighthouses of Japan Early Meiji lighthouses
(Léonce Verny)Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869) • Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)• Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870) • Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)
Later Meiji lighthouses
(“Brunton’s Children”)Kashinozaki Lighthouse (1870) • Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Esaki Lighthouse (1871) • Hesaki Lighthouse (1871) • Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871) • Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871) • Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871) • Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872) • Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872) • Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872) • Shirasu Lighthouse (1873) • Sugashima Lighthouse (1873) • Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873) • Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874) • Omaezaki Lighthouse (1874) • Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875) • Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876) • Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876) • Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876) •Taisho period lighthouses Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919) • Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921)Modern lighthouses Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)Categories:- Lighthouses in Japan
- Aichi Prefecture
- Buildings and structures completed in 1921
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