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Omaesaki Lighthouse
Omaesaki Lighthouse. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Omaesaki Lighthouse (Omaesaki Tōdai) is a lighthouse located on a hill at the outermost extremity of Cape Omae south of Omaezaki Port, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

A lighthouse was built at Cape Omae as early as 1635, when the Tokugawa Shogunate recognized the frequency of marine accidents on the rocks off the coast of Tōtōmi Province.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.