Jōgashima Lighthouse

Jōgashima Lighthouse (城ヶ島灯台, Jōgashima tōdai) is a lighthouse located on the island of Jōgashima (Japanese: 城ヶ島) in the city of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, off the southernmost and western tip of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay.

The lighthouse was designed and constructed by expatriate French engineer Léonce Verny.

Verny constructed another three lighthouses around Tokyo Bay, and was also the engineer who built the nearby Yokosuka Naval Arsenal during his career in Japan.

The Jōgashima Lighthouse was completed on September 8, 1870, after the Meiji Restoration, and was originally built of brick.

In 1928, its light source was changed from acetylene to electric, greatly increasing its visibility.

The lighthouse on top of Jōgashima (seen here at the center of the photograph, from Misaki harbour ).