Hinomisaki, Izumo Lighthouse

Hinomisaki, Izumo Lighthouse
Beacon number	0821 [F7334]
Position	35°26'02" N 132°37'45" E / 35.43389 degrees N 132.62917 degrees E / 35.43389, a 132.62917 coordinate: 35°26'02" N 132°37'45" E / 35.43389 degrees N 132.62917 degrees E / 35.43389, 132.62917
The location	Izumo-shi, Shimane Taisyachohinomisaki Akidai Harayama 1478
Paint; structure	White tower form stone construction
Lens	The first class Fresnel type
Quality of light	群閃紅白互光 It is white 2 閃, deep red 1 閃 for every 20 seconds
The effectiveness intensity of light	480,000 cd
Light range	21 nautical miles (approximately 39km)
Light arc	24 degrees - 245 degrees
Tower High School	43.65 m (- tower top above the ground)
Light altitude	63.30 m (mean sea level - light)
The first lighting	1903（Meiji36）April 1
The jurisdiction	The Coast Guard The eighth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters (boundary sea Safety Department)

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The Sea of Japan from the lighthouse

Hinomisaki, Izumo lighthouse (いずもひのみさきとうだい) is a lighthouse in Izumo-shi, Shimane.

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Summary

The stone construction lighthouse which stands at the tip of Hinomisaki facing the Sea of Japan. Is (43.65 meters) with height of Dengta where nonprofit foundation lamplight society is number one in Japan and a lighthouse to explain [¹]; (with Enoshima Lighthouse of 60 meters in height, 50 meters of Osaka Lighthouse). The beauty spot where the outskirts become a part of Daisen-Oki National Park. In addition, it is the only lighthouse where there is a character of 碕 in.

Because the value of historic cultural assets is high, at a lighthouse on behalf of Japan chosen as 100 selections of world lighthouses and 50 selections of lighthouses of Japan, it is in preservation Lighthouse of the A rank. In addition, it is the first class lighthouse using the first class maximum lens having only five places [²] in the whole country.

History

• It is started construction of (Meiji 33) in 1900.
• I turned on for the first time (Meiji 36) on April 1 in 1903, but am construction large-scale stone construction Western style Lighthouse proud of height of best Dengta in Japan to from the first. It depended on Japanese design, construction, and, using 凝灰質砂岩 of the prefecture Yatsuka-gun Moriyama product, was built on the base of the columnar joint quartz corner porphyry and weathered hardships of 100 rest of life.
• A 1,500W incandescence light is used (Taisho 7) on February 4 in 1918.
• Maintenance to seismic strengthening was performed from (5, Heisei) to the next year in 1993.
• I am chosen as (10, Heisei), world lighthouse 100 selections in 1998.

Attached facilities

• Irradiation tower

I open it to the public and it

At a visit lighthouse performed a general release (free 200 yen, a dwarf more than a paid adult junior high student) of, I can go up to the top. I can make the bottom with a panoramic view of the Sea of Japan.

In addition, in the internal stairs, an incline is sudden, and width is not enough though it is two-way traffic, and going up and down is accompanied with danger. It becomes the ladder-formed stairs where an incline is extremely sudden as for 18 steps to the top floor in particular, and scrupulous attention is necessary when I go down. It should be noted a very slippery thing in stairs, both of the fine-view corridor to become the visit that I take off shoes. I cannot recommend an infant, the visit of the elderly person.

Lighthouse document exhibition room

The lighthouse document exhibition room is added, and learn the history of this lighthouse, a function, a role, and a lot of precious documents are displayed.

Gallery

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  A brick and stone structure

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  Internal structure model

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  The lens which is displayed in the document exhibition room

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  Internal stairs

Footnote

[Help]

1. ^ "list of the best lighthouse in Japan." Lamplight society. April 11, 2016 reading.
2. Class Tsuruga sea Safety Department Lighthouse bean knowledge October, 2013 reading of the ^ lens

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