Kannonzaki Lighthouse

Japan’s oldest Western-style lighthouse, which was built in 1869. It is a medium-sized white octagonal lighthouse and has been selected as one of the 50 best lighthouses in Japan.

It is a French-style white octagonal brick lighthouse with a light tower on the roof, and the height from the ground to the light is 12.12 meters.
The interior of the lighthouse is open to visitors, offering a panoramic view of ships sailing in the Uraga Channel and the Boso Peninsula on the other side of the island.

Damaged by an earthquake in 1922, it was rebuilt in 1923, but collapsed after only six months due to the Great Kanto Earthquake.
The current lighthouse is the third generation, built in 1925.

The lighthouse has a lighthouse archives exhibition room, which displays a bust of François Léonce Verny, who built the first lighthouse, lighthouse lenses, lighthouse lamps, and other valuable materials.

The surrounding area is an urban park, Kannonzaki Park, where a rich natural environment is protected, including thick growth of tabunoki and ashitaba trees and the rocky shoreline.
Before the war, the area was a military fortification and off-limits to the public, and the ruins of a gun battery still remain as a reminder of those days.