Shirasu Lighthouse

Shirasu Lighthouse
白州灯台

Location	Ainoshima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan
Coordinates
Year first lit	September 1, 1873 (1873-09-01) ^[1]
Construction	Stone
Markings / pattern	Black and White Bands
Height	16.7 metres (55 ft)
Focal height	16 metres (52 ft)
Current lens	Fl. 4s
Intensity	640 Candela ^[2]
Range	8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) ^[2]
Characteristic	Fl. W 4s ^[2]
Japan number	5544

Shirasu Lighthouse (白州灯台, shirasu tōdai^?) is a lighthouse on the island of Ainoshima, which is administered by Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.

References

Lighthouses of Japan

Early Meiji lighthouses (Léonce Verny)	Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869) • Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)• Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870) • Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)

Later Meiji lighthouses (“Brunton’s Children”)	Kashinozaki Lighthouse (1870) • Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Esaki Lighthouse (1871) • Hesaki Lighthouse (1871) • Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871) • Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871) • Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871) • Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872) • Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872) • Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872) • Shirasu Lighthouse (1873) • Sugashima Lighthouse (1873) • Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873) • Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874) • Omaezaki Lighthouse (1874) • Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875) • Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876) • Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876) • Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876) •

Taisho period lighthouses	Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919) • Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921)

Modern lighthouses	Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)