Hesaki Lighthouse

Hesaki Lighthouse (部埼灯台, hesaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on the Kiku Peninsula in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in December 1870; the lighthouse was lit on 22 January 1871. It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan to help construct lighthouses to make coastal waters safe for foreign ships to approach, after Japan opened up to the West.^[3]

Hesaki Lighthouse
He Saki
部埼灯台

Hesaki Lighthouse
Location	Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū Japan
Coordinates	33°57′33.8″N 131°01′22.7″E
Tower
Constructed	1871
Construction	granite tower
Height	9.7 metres (32 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower and lantern
Light
First lit	22 January 1871 (1871-01-22)
Focal height	39.1 metres (128 ft)
Lens	Third order Fresnel
Intensity	flash: 180,000 candela fixed light: 7,000 candela
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	F Fl W 15s.[1]
Japan no.	5409 [F5312][2]

See also

• Japan portal
• Engineering portal

• List of lighthouses in Japan