Cape Kannon (Kanagawa, Japan) Explained

Cape Kannon is a cape at the easternmost point of the Miura Peninsula, which divides Tokyo Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

It is on a rocky coast where the Kannonzaki Lighthouse, Japan's first modern lighthouse (after two reconstructions) stands,[1] and faces the Uraga Channel, Japan's busiest sea lane.

Cape Kannon is located 3 kilometers east from Uraga Station of Keikyu Main Line railway. It is now part of Kannonzaki Park. The visitors to the Cape Kannon area can enjoy "Ship watching".[2]

It is perhaps best known as the spot where Lemuel Gulliver, the central character of the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels, landed in Japan in volume 3. It is featured as Xamoschi, a corruption of its then-spelling Kannonsaki.

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35.2558°N 139.7442°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/artists/kiyochika-kobayashi-1847-1915-/cape-kannon-from-the-series-views-of-the-famous-sights-of-japan Cape Kannon from the series Views of the Famous Sights of Japan (The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints)
  2. https://www.city.yokosuka.kanagawa.jp/4115/ecotour/shipwatching2020_kanonzaki.ht railwayml Yokosuka Eco-tour "Ship Watching over the Uraga Channel (Yokosuka City)