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Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture · Registered Tangible Cultural Property
Kinkasan Lighthouse
- DesignationRegistered Tangible Cultural Property
- Year1876 (completed)
Kinkasan Lighthouse (金華山灯台, Kinkasan tōdai) is a lighthouse on Kinkasan, an island off the Oshika Peninsula in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. The Kinkasan Lighthouse was one of 26 lighthouses designed and built in Meiji period Japan by the British engineer Richard Henry Brunton.
From the Wikipedia article “Kinkasan Lighthouse” (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Location
Red: Kinkasan Lighthouse. Black: nearby places.
Basic facts
| Location | Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture |
|---|---|
| Type | Registered Tangible Cultural Property |
| Year | 1876 (completed) |
| More | Wikipedia |
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FAQ
- Is Kinkasan Lighthouse a designated cultural property?
- Yes: Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
- When was Kinkasan Lighthouse completed?
- In 1876.
Nearby
Photos (Wikimedia Commons) Whale Town Oshika: 石巻敎祖 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Miyagi 3.11 Tsunami Disaster Memorial Museum: Ymblanter (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ishinomori Manga Museum: gleam_df (CC BY 2.0), Ishii lock: Ebiebi2 (CC BY-SA 4.0), The Historical Museum of Jōmon Village, Oku-Matsushima: neuropower (Public domain), Satohama shell mound: neuropower (Public domain)
