Hesaki Lighthouse
Hesaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Kiku Peninsula in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in December 1870; the lighthouse was lit on 22 January 1871.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Japan
- Also known as: “He Saki Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shiranoe Botanical Gardens.
Shiranoe Botanical Gardens
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karato and Shimonoseki.
Karato
Quarter
Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture and the westernmost municipality on Honshu, home to a quarter million inhabitants. The city has been at the center of Japanese history for centuries, but it's best known to culinary daredevils as the home of fugu, a pufferfish as cute looking as it is potentially lethal.
Hesaki Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.95938° or 33° 57′ 34″ north
Longitude
131.02297° or 131° 1′ 23″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8Q5HX25F+Q5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hesaki Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “部埼灯台”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shiranoe and Tachinoura-kaigan.
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