[3] The Rokkosaki Lighthouse is also unusual because, unlike many lighthouses that flash via a rotating lens,[4] it has a fixed lens with a shielding that rotates around it.

[5] The lighthouse is located in the Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park and atop 50 meter tall sheer cliffs that rise above the Sea of Japan.

At the base of the cliffs extend "senjoujiki" wave-cut platforms formed by the erosive effect of strong waves.

This is sometimes contested, however, due to the fact that Brunton returned to Scotland in 1876, seven years before the completion of the Rokkosaki Lighthouse.

The white stones used to build the lighthouse were quarried in Anamizu, transported to Noroshi on ships, then lifted to the top of the cliffs via a cable system.