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Nosappumisaki Lighthouse
納沙布岬灯台
Nosappumisaki Lighthouse 
Location Cape Nosappu, Nemuro, Hokkaidō, Japan Coordinates 43°23′07″N 145°49′01″E / 43.38528°N 145.81694°E Year first lit August 15, 1872 Construction Concrete Markings / pattern White Height 13.5 metres (44 ft) Focal height 23.2 metres (76 ft) Original lens Fourth order Fresnel Range 14.5 nautical miles (26.9 km; 16.7 mi) Characteristic Iso. W 3s Fog signal 3 times every 40 seconds Japan number 0154 [M6840] Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (納沙布岬灯台 nosappumisaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaidō, Japan.
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History
The lighthouse was one of those designed by Richard Henry Brunton who was hired by the government of Japan to help construct lighthouses at the beginning of the Meiji period to make Japan safe for foreign ships.
Access
The site is open to the public, and can be accessed by car or by public transportation. By public transportation, it is accessible by bus from Nemuro Station.
Gallery
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Foghorn
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Lighthouse from afar
External links
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
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