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Inubōsaki Lighthouse

Inubōsaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse on , in the city of Chōshi, . It is notable as one of the few lighthouses whose original lens was a first order Fresnel lens, the strongest type of Fresnel lens.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Japan
  • Also known as: “Cape Inubo Lighthouse”, “Inubo Saki Lighthouse”, “Inubō Saki Lighthouse”, and “Inubosaki Lighthouse”
  • Historically known as: “Inuboye Saki Lighthouse”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inubosaki Marine Park and Inuboh Station.

Public aquarium
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inubōsaki Marine Park was a public aquarium and located in , . It opened in 1954 and underwent renovation in 1993.It was closed on 31 January 2018, with the owners attributing the decision to a significant decline in visitors after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and nuclear crisis. is situated 320 metres west of Inubōsaki Lighthouse.

Railway station
Photo: Suikotei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan. is situated 690 metres west of Inubōsaki Lighthouse.

Railway station
Photo: Juqipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan. is situated 1 km northwest of Inubōsaki Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Myojincho and Gohan-cho.

Quarter
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is a quarter, which is situated 3 km north of Inubōsaki Lighthouse.

Quarter
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is a quarter, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Inubōsaki Lighthouse.

Quarter
Photo: Higa4, CC0.
is a quarter, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Inubōsaki Lighthouse.

Inubōsaki Lighthouse

Latitude
35.70791° or 35° 42′ 29″ north
Longitude
140.86853° or 140° 52′ 7″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8R72PV59+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1582440591
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
12041734
Wiki­data ID
Q6059232
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Romanian—“Inubōsaki Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “犬吠埼燈塔”
  • Japanese: “Inubōsaki Tōdai”
  • Japanese: “犬吠埼灯台”
  • Japanese: “犬吠埼燈台”
  • Japanese: “犬吠崎灯台”
  • Romanian: “Farul Inubōsaki”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Inubōsaki Lighthouse”. Photo: Ippukucho, CC BY 3.0.