Jōgashima Explained

is an island in the municipality of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, off the southernmost tip of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay.[1]

It is home to the Jōgashima Lighthouse, the fourth oldest western style lighthouse to be built in Japan. Jōgashima Park is located on the eastern part of the island.[1]

Jōgashima is connected to the mainland by a box-girder bridge since 1959, which was the longest in Asia in 1963.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JOGASHIMA ISLAND by TRAIN or CAR. April 2016. The Fleet and Family Support Center, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. April 22, 2020.
  2. "Recently Jogashima and Miura have been linked by the longest box-girder bridge in the Orient. The total length of the bridge is 575 meters; the central span is 90 meters long, the adjoining spans 70.3 meters and the remaining spans 40 meters" Japan's construction, 1963, Kaigai Kensetsu Kyōkai (Japan)

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