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Ishigaki Ogansaki Lighthouse

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石垣御神埼灯台

A solar-powered lighthouse on the Yarabu Peninsula offering views of the coastline and a memorial to a 1952 shipwreck.

Ishigaki Ogansaki Lighthouse
Satojun0719 CC BY-SA 4.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

  • A seventeen meter tall lighthouse located on the western part of the Yarabu Peninsula.
  • The facility began operation on March 11, 1983.
  • The Japan Coast Guard officially refers to this structure as Ogansaki.
  • The light source is powered by solar cells.

What to see

  • The white lighthouse tower standing seventeen meters above the peninsula.
  • A memorial dedicated to the ship Yaeyama Maru located nearby.
  • Views of the offshore area where the Yaeyama Maru was wrecked in 1952.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Ishigaki Ogansaki Lighthouse Open in Google Maps

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