Sunosaki Lighthouse

Sunosaki Lighthouse
洲崎灯台

File:Sunosaki Lighthouse, Japan.jpg Sunosaki Lighthouse
Location	Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates
Year first lit	1919
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Concrete
Tower shape	Cylindrical
Height	14.8 metres (49 ft)
Focal height	45.1 metres (148 ft)
Original lens	Fresnel
Intensity	97,000 candela
Range	18.5 kilometres (10.0 nmi)
Characteristic	Al Fl W R 30s
Admiralty number	M6452
NGA number	5004
ARLHS number	JPN-601
Japan number	JCG-2003

Sunosaki Lighthouse (洲崎灯台, Sunosaki tōdai) is a lighthouse located in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan at the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula.

Sunosaki Lighthouse was first lit on December 15, 1919, and completes the navigational aid systems for all vessels entering the Uraga Channel and Tokyo Bay, with the Kannonzaki Lighthouse and Tsurugisaki Lighthouse on the western side on Miura Peninsula, and the Nojimazaki Lighthouse and the Sunosaki Lighthouse on the eastern side on the Bōsō Peninsula.

The building is a cylindrical white structure with a height of 15 meters. The building and its supporting base are made from concrete. The focal height of the light is 45 meters above sea level .

The music video of AKB48 song "Aitakatta" was filmed here.

External links

• Lighthouses in Japan (Japanese)