Fukuura Lighthouse


2001.5

No.41
Ishikawa Prefecture
Lighted Mar.18.1905
340,000cd. 15.5NM
Elevation 28m

 Oldest wooden Western style lighthouse

There is a wooden Western style lighthouse.
It is the oldest in Japan.
Originally the candlestick which included the history since "the Edo" times
was put on this ground.
A candlestick was built in a local resident "Hino Chobey" having lighted
a bonfire at night in 1608 an opening afterwards.
"The Hino" whole families kept it as the part of candle from generation to generation.
It is connected to the present "Fukuura lighthouse" and old "Fukuura lighthouse" on a promenade.
There are two lighthouses in the distance that can walk.