Mar 23, 2013 - 1 min read

Kannon-zaki Lighthouse

The entrance of Tokyo Bay

By Tomoko Kamishima

Community writer

Ships coming in and out of Tokyo Bay

Kannon-zaki Lighthouse

Blue sky, blue sea

Enjoy the view!

View from the lighthouse

It is about a 20-minute walk from the bus stop to here

Fisherman on a rock

The lighthouse is 19m high and its light reaches 35 km out to sea

The lighthouse seen from the shore

Cape Kannon-zaki is located on the eastern edge of Miura Peninsula, at the entrance of Tokyo Bay. In 1812 the Tokugawa Shogunate set up a lookout here to protect Edo from Western ships. After Japan opened her doors to the rest of the world, a lighthouse was built under the guidance of French technologists, F. L. Verny. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1922. A second lighthouse was soon destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The one we can see today is the third one, made in 1925.

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