Matsumae Town Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Matsumae Town Lighthouses Lighthouse
This concrete lighthouse stands 17 meters tall with a focal height of 37 meters. It features a round cylindrical tower with red and white horizontal bands, topped by a lantern and gallery. The structure is attached to a one-story keeper's house. Its light emits a red and white flash every 30 seconds, visible for 16.6 nautical miles. Located at Cape Shirakami, the southernmost tip of Hokkaido, it marks the western entrance to the Tsugaru Strait. The tower was repainted in late 2008 or early 2009. The lighthouse is situated 5.5 kilometers from the nearest port, Fukushima.
Why it matters: The lighthouse is indispensable for safe passage through the western entrance of the Tsugaru Strait, a critical waterway. Its old-style lantern with a high-peaked roof is a unique and increasingly rare design feature among Japanese lighthouses.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Red/White
- Interval
- 30s
- Raw Code
- Fl RW 30s
- Focal Height
- 37m
- Geographic Range
- 16.6NM
Construction & History
Significant events: repainted late 2008 or early 2009
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Fukushima (hokkaido)(5.5 km)
- ARLHS No.
- JPN-576
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 17m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story keeper's house
Location
- City
- Matsumae
- Country
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Region
- Hokkaido Prefecture
- Sea Region
- Cape Shirakami, at the end of the Matsumae peninsula, the southernmost tip of Hokkaidō and the western entrance to Tsugaru Strait
- Latitude
- 41.3981°
- Longitude
- 140.1974°
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