Kannonzaki Lighthouse — Attraction in Yokosuka

いいね‼️(*´・ω-)b 観音埼は、三浦半島の東端に位置し、対岸の房総半島とともに東京湾の入口を形作っております。 眼前の浦賀水道は、わずか3，5キロメートルの狭水道で、世界でも有数の船舶の輻輳する、海上交通路の大動脈です。 バスの終点、観音埼から海岸沿いに灯台への道は、自然の原生林のトンネルで、登りつめると、視界が開け、 東京湾と太平洋が飛び込んできます。そこに、白亜の八角形の灯台がそびえ、 眼下の浦賀水道航路には、灯台を指針にして東京湾に出入りする、あらゆる種類の船を見ることができます。 観音埼灯台は西洋文化の魁です。開国の時一番最初に建設された灯台です。当時洋式灯台建設の技術がないので、 フランスと英国に灯台建設の技術とレンズや機械の購入を依頼しましたが徳川幕府の崩壊により明治政府がこの仕事を引き継ぎ、 横須賀製鉄所（造船所）御雇のフランス人首長フランソワ・レオン・ヴェルニーの手によって、 明治2年1月1日、我が国最初の洋式灯台として誕生しました。当時の建物は、レンガ造りの四角い洋館建てで、 屋上に灯塔を設けたフランス風の優雅なものでした。使用されたレンガは、六万四千六百枚、ヴェルニーの伝授で 横須賀製鉄所で焼き上げられました。しかし、大正11年の地震で倒壊し、翌12年コンクリート造りの灯台に生まれ変わりました。 同年9月1日の関東大震災で被災し再度大正14年6月1日建て替えられました。 これが現在の灯台で三代日に当たります。灯台の光りは77,000力ンデラで19海里（約35km）とどきます。

●灯台へのアクセス ☆鉄道・バス等 ・京浜急行電鉄浦賀駅下車 浦賀駅～観音崎（バス）約20分　徒歩10分

☆自動車 ・横浜横須賀道路馬堀海岸IC～国道16号経由　約5分　徒歩5分

Kannon Saito is located at the eastern end of the Miura Peninsula and forms the entrance of Tokyo Bay with the Boso Peninsula on the opposite bank. The Uraga Suido in front of our eyes is a narrow water channel of only 3 and 5 kilometers, the aorta of the maritime traffic channel, where one of the world's leading congestors is congested. The way to the lighthouse along the coast from Kannon Saito is the tunnel of the natural forest, as you climb, the sight will be opened and Tokyo Bay and the Pacific will jump in. An octagonal lighthouse in Chalka rises, and you can see all kinds of ships that go in and out of Tokyo Bay with the lighthouse as a pointer on the Uraga Suido Passage below. Kannon Saako is the cabin of Western culture. It is the first lighthouse built when opening the country. Since there was no Western style lighthouse construction technology at the time, we asked France and Britain to purchase the technology of the lighthouse construction and lenses and machines but due to the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Meiji government took over this work, and the Yokosuka Steel Works (shipyard) It was born as the first western lighthouse of our country on January 1, Meiji 2 by the hands of the French emirate François Leon Vernie of employment. The building at the time was a brick built square Western-style building, it was a French-style elegance with a lamp tower on the roof. The brick used was baked at the Yokosuka steelworks with a teaching of Verny, with 64,400 sheets. However, it was destroyed by the Taisho 11 year earthquake and it was reborn as a concrete lighthouse next 12 years. It was damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1 of the same year and was rebuilt again on June 1, 2002 Taisho era. This is the third lighthouse on the current lighthouse. The lighthouse's light will reach 19 nautical miles (about 35 km) at 77,000 power lodder.

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● Access to the lighthouse

☆ Train / bus etc. · Get ​​off at Keihin Electric Railway Uraga Station Uraga station - Kannonzaki (bus) about 20 minutes on foot 10 minutes on foot

☆ Cars · Yokohama Yokosuka Road Maobori Coast IC - Route 15 by way of Route 16 5 minutes on...

This is a nice light house just located in the end of the Uraga channel. It’s very important stop for shops transiting!! It is the first light house in Japan so it has great history! The light house here itself is not what build long time ago. It was rebuild while after. The tower surface is white it’s beautiful!! You can get up to the top bed the tower with 200 yen!! You pay it first and get in the site! You can see great view from the top of the tower. The stairs may be challenging for you but after all you can have nice...

Visited on Dec 29, 2024 Pretty and photogenic lighthouse to visit on a sunny day. Loved this little spot. Entry is ¥300. Some illustrations and explanations of the nearby Yokosuka coastal area are provided in the exhibition room with no photos allowed. Also no souvenirs sold.

Easy walk from the Kannonzaki bus stop, path is not too steep to get there. There is a rest bench corner tucked under the stairs behind the lighthouse, away from the sun so that was very pleasant, from which you can see the 4th and 5th pic...