Old Sakai Lighthouse

Sakai Lighthouse is a wooden lighthouse located in , . It claims to be the oldest wooden lighthouse in Japan, and was designated a National Monument in 1972.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Japan
  • Address: 5, 堺区, 堺市, 大阪府 590-0974

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ohama Park and Mt.Sotetsu.

Park
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is situated 380 metres southeast of Old Sakai Lighthouse.

Peak
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is a peak.

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station located in , , , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11". is situated 1 km east of Old Sakai Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sakai Ward and Suminoe-ku.

Suburb
Photo: Sakai Yayoi, CC0.
Sakai-ku is a ward of the city of Sakai in , Japan. The ward has an area of 23.69 km2 and a population of 147,413. The population density is 6,223 per square kilometer.

Suburb
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is one of 24 wards of , Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of , Taisho-ku and to the north, and to the east. is situated 3½ km north of Old Sakai Lighthouse.

Suburb
Photo: Bakkai, CC BY 3.0.
is one of 24 wards of , . It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southernmost part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River. is situated 4½ km northeast of Old Sakai Lighthouse.

Old Sakai Lighthouse

Latitude
34.58349° or 34° 35′ 1″ north
Longitude
135.45896° or 135° 27′ 32″ east
Inception
1877
Height
11 metres (37 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QHFM5+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 462138633
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Wiki­data ID
Q11511016
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Old Sakai Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • French: “phare de Sakai”
  • French: “Phare de Sakai”
  • French: “Vieux phare de Sakai”
  • Japanese: “Kyūsakai tōdai”
  • Japanese: “きゅうさかいとうだい”
  • Japanese: “堺灯台”
  • Japanese: “堺燈台”
  • Japanese: “旧堺灯台”
  • Japanese: “旧堺燈台”
  • Turkish: “Sakai Deniz Feneri”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ohama Kita Park and 猿飼育舎.

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