Ōkunoshima Lighthouse
Ōkunoshima Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Takehara, Hiroshima. Ōkunoshima Lighthouse is situated nearby to Poison Gas Museum, as well as near the locality Miyaura Port.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Japan
- Also known as: “Okuno Shima Light” and “Ōkuno Shima Light”
- Historically known as: “Ku No Sima Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ōkunoshima and Poison Gas Museum.
Ōkunoshima
Photo: Vickerman625, Public domain.
Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. It is also known as Usagi Shima because of the numerous feral rabbits that live here and it is for that reason that draws many people here.
Poison Gas Museum
Museum
Photo: Sveagal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poison Gas Museum is situated 360 metres north of Ōkunoshima Lighthouse.
Tadanoumi
Railway stop
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tadanoumi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. Tadanoumi is situated 4 km north of Ōkunoshima Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miyaura Port.
Miyaura Port
Locality
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Miyaura Port is a locality, which is situated 6 km south of Ōkunoshima Lighthouse.
Ōkunoshima Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Takehara, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.30266° or 34° 18′ 10″ northLongitude
132.99384° or 132° 59′ 38″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Inception
May 15th, 1894Height
8.5 metres (28 feet)Open location code
8Q6J8X3V+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3408996205OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Japanese—“Ōkunoshima Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Okunoşima mayakı”
- French: “phare d’Ōkunoshima”
- French: “Phare d’Ōkunoshima”
- Japanese: “Ōkunojima-tōdai”
- Japanese: “おおくのじまとうだい”
- Japanese: “大久野島灯台”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 洲元 and Omishimacho-Higai.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as 殉職碑 and Okunoshima Pier 1.
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