Lighthouses in Japan map & data
There are 1,615 lighthouses mapped in Japan, spread over 41 prefectures. The most are in Hokkaido (190), Hyogo Prefecture (113) and Nagasaki Prefecture (105). 31% of them carry a name. Well-known examples include 観音埼灯台, 石廊崎灯台 and 松前小島灯台.
Lighthouses by prefecture
| Prefecture | Locations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 190 | 12% |
| Hyogo Prefecture | 113 | 7.0% |
| Nagasaki Prefecture | 105 | 6.5% |
| Kagoshima Prefecture | 88 | 5.4% |
| Yamaguchi | 74 | 4.6% |
| Miyagi | 67 | 4.1% |
| Ehime Prefecture | 66 | 4.1% |
| Hiroshima | 64 | 4.0% |
| Okinawa Prefecture | 57 | 3.5% |
| Aomori | 47 | 2.9% |
| Shimane | 45 | 2.8% |
| Kagawa Prefecture | 45 | 2.8% |
| Okayama Prefecture | 43 | 2.7% |
| Kochi Prefecture | 42 | 2.6% |
| Mie Prefecture | 40 | 2.5% |
| Tokyo | 37 | 2.3% |
| Miyazaki Prefecture | 35 | 2.2% |
| Oita | 33 | 2.0% |
| Shizuoka | 32 | 2.0% |
| Saga Prefecture | 31 | 1.9% |
| Ishikawa Prefecture | 29 | 1.8% |
| Osaka Prefecture | 28 | 1.7% |
| Fukuoka Prefecture | 27 | 1.7% |
| Aichi Prefecture | 27 | 1.7% |
| Tokushima Prefecture | 25 | 1.5% |
| Iwate | 24 | 1.5% |
| Kumamoto | 23 | 1.4% |
| Fukui Prefecture | 21 | 1.3% |
| Wakayama Prefecture | 21 | 1.3% |
| Tottori Prefecture | 21 | 1.3% |
| Kanagawa | 20 | 1.2% |
| Niigata | 20 | 1.2% |
| Kyoto Prefecture | 17 | 1.1% |
| Chiba | 12 | 0.7% |
| Yamagata | 12 | 0.7% |
| Toyama | 7 | 0.4% |
| Ibaraki | 6 | 0.4% |
| Shiga | 4 | 0.2% |
| Fukushima | 3 | 0.2% |
| Akita | 3 | 0.2% |
| Gifu Prefecture | 1 | 0.1% |
Notable lighthouses in Japan
- 観音埼灯台横須賀市 · Kanagawa
- 石廊崎灯台南伊豆町 · Shizuoka
- 松前小島灯台松前町 · Hokkaido
- せとしるべ（赤灯台）Kagawa Prefecture
- 関埼灯台Oita
- 大関酒造今津灯台Hyogo Prefecture · yes
- 樫野埼灯台Wakayama Prefecture
- 塩屋埼灯台Fukushima
- 都井岬灯台Miyazaki Prefecture
- 佐多岬灯台Kagoshima Prefecture
- 経ヶ岬灯台Kyoto Prefecture
- 洲埼灯台Chiba
- 出雲日御碕灯台Shimane
- 大須崎灯台Miyagi
- 荒埼灯台Yamagata
- 禄剛埼灯台Ishikawa Prefecture
- 蒲生田岬灯台Tokushima Prefecture
- 室戸岬灯台Kochi Prefecture
- 佐田岬灯台Ehime Prefecture
- 平久保灯台Okinawa Prefecture
- 横浜マリンタワーKanagawa
- 初島灯台Shizuoka
- 白神岬灯台松前町 · Hokkaido
- 男木島灯台Kagawa Prefecture
- 鶴御崎灯台Oita
- 番所鼻灯台Wakayama Prefecture
- 長崎鼻灯台Kagoshima Prefecture
- 犬吠埼燈台Chiba
- 金華山灯台Miyagi
- 福浦灯台Ishikawa Prefecture
- 大久野島灯台Ehime Prefecture
- 平安名埼灯台Okinawa Prefecture
- 江の島展望灯台シーキャンドルKanagawa
- 御前埼灯台Shizuoka
- 御神崎灯台Okinawa Prefecture
- 湘南港灯台Kanagawa
- 神子元島灯台Shizuoka
- 東崎灯台Okinawa Prefecture
- 舞阪灯台Shizuoka
- 残波岬灯台読谷村 · Okinawa Prefecture
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