Ōkunoshima Lighthouse
大久野島灯台
A modern lighthouse on a historic island known for its former poison gas factory and remaining military boundary stones.
What it is
- A maritime marker on the Mihara Seto Route in Takehara City.
- The second generation structure completed in March 1992.
- A site formerly managed by the Ministry of Communications for regional navigation.
- A location once housing an Imperial Japanese Army poison gas factory.
What to see
- The current lighthouse tower standing on the island coast.
- Original boundary stones marking former military land limits.
- The site where the first 1894 lighthouse originally stood.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Ōkunoshima Lighthouse Open in Google Maps
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