Tomogashima Lighthouse

Tomogashima Lighthouse
友ヶ島灯台

Tomogashima Lighthouse

Location	Tomogashima, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Coordinates
Year first lit	August 1, 1872 (1872-08-01)
Construction	Stone
Markings / pattern	White
Height	12.2 metres (40 ft)
Focal height	60 metres (200 ft)
Intensity	1,900,000 Candela (White) 760,000 (Red)
Range	20.5 nautical miles (23.6 mi; 38.0 km)
Characteristic	Alt. R.W. 10s
Japan number	3501 [F5960]

Tomogashima Lighthouse (友ヶ島灯台, tomogashima tōdai^?) is a lighthouse on the island of Tomogashima in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan.

History

The lighthouse was first lit on August 1, 1872; 139 years ago (1872-08-01). It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan at the start of the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses in Japan to make it safe for foreign ships.

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)