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Cape Irago Lighthouse(3 minutes by car + 15 minutes walk)
This lighthouse stands at the tip of the Atsumi Atsumi Peninsula, overlooking Pacific Ocean from Mikawa Bay, and was built in 1924 (1929).
Luminous intensity 17,000 candela.
The “Irago Degree Dorai” (Irago Channel), which is said to be a difficult place in the sea, is considered one of the three major tides in Japan and plays an important role as an indicator of ships going to and from.
Most of the vessels that go in and out of the port, such as Nagoya Port, the largest trading port in Japan, and Mikawa Port and Yokkaichi Port, which mainly export cars, enter and leave.
Irago a symbol of Irago sightseeing and has been selected as one of Japan's 50 Best Lighthouses.
(Sightseeing volunteer guide, cultural assets of Atsumi Peninsula)
Luminous intensity 17,000 candela.
The “Irago Degree Dorai” (Irago Channel), which is said to be a difficult place in the sea, is considered one of the three major tides in Japan and plays an important role as an indicator of ships going to and from.
Most of the vessels that go in and out of the port, such as Nagoya Port, the largest trading port in Japan, and Mikawa Port and Yokkaichi Port, which mainly export cars, enter and leave.
Irago a symbol of Irago sightseeing and has been selected as one of Japan's 50 Best Lighthouses.
(Sightseeing volunteer guide, cultural assets of Atsumi Peninsula)