Nosappumisaki Lighthouse Nosappu 納沙布岬灯台 | |
Location: | Cape Nosappu Nemuro, Hokkaidō Japan |
Coordinates: | 43.3852°N 145.8165°W |
Yearbuilt: | (first) |
Yearlit: | 1930 (current) |
Construction: | concrete tower |
Shape: | broadly cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | white tower and lantern |
Height: | 13.5m (44.3feet) |
Focalheight: | 23.2m (76.1feet) |
Lens: | Fourth order Fresnel |
Intensity: | 15,000 cd |
Range: | 14.5nmi |
Characteristic: | Iso W R 4s.[1] |
Fogsignal: | 3 blasts every 40 seconds |
Country: | Japan |
Countrynumber: | JCG-0154 |
is a lighthouse on Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaidō, Japan.
The lighthouse was one of those designed by Richard Henry Brunton who was hired by the government of Japan to help construct lighthouses at the beginning of the Meiji period to make Japan safe for foreign ships.
The site is open to the public, and can be accessed by car or by public transportation. By public transportation, it is accessible by bus from Nemuro Station.