On June 25, 1866, the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan signed a customs and tax treaty with the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands to normalize trade relations.

(Kannonzaki, Nojimasaki, Kashinosaki, Mikomotojima, Kusaki, Iojima, Cape Sata, and Shionomisaki).

The new Meiji government brought in foreign advisors to assist in the modernization efforts, one of whom was the British engineer Richard Henry Brunton who specialized in lighthouse design.

However, despite this lighthouse being operational, on the night of September 16, 1890, the Ottoman Navy frigate Ertuğrul sank in a typhoon east of Kashinosaki.

On April 12, 2002, the lighthouse as opened to the public, with an observation deck constructed at a height of 6.5 meters, accessible by a spiral staircase.