is a high
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with an
observation deck
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at a height of 100 metres in
Naka Ward
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,
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
,
Japan
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.
The
light characteristic
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is marked by a flash every twenty seconds, whereby the light's colour is alternating red and green. Originally, at night, the tower shaft itself was lit green and red according to its markings, but now, after the reopening in May 2009, the lights are white.
History
Yokohama Marine Tower was inaugurated in 1961. The Marine Tower is billed "the tallest lighthouse in the world",
[ although this depends on what lighthouses are considered. In clear conditions, visitors can see ]Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest ...
from the 100-metre high observation deck.
On December 25, 2006, Marine Tower temporarily shut its doors. Then the city of Yokohama took over ownership, to restore it. After the renovations, Marine Tower was reopened on May 23, 2009, in time for the city's 150th anniversary celebrations.[Yokohama Footnotes:Vol.4 Marine Tower,the tallest lighthouse in the world]
City of Yokohama, November 2006
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See also
* List of lighthouses in Japan
This is a list of lighthouses in Japan.
Lighthouses
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
* List of tallest structures in Japan
* Fifty lighthouses in Japan — Lighthouses poll by Japan Coast Guard (in Japanese)
References
Extern ...
* List of tallest lighthouses in the world
This is a list of the tallest lighthouses, by tower height (as opposed to focal height, i.e. height of the lamp of a lighthouse from water level). The list includes only "traditional lighthouses", as defined by ''The Lighthouse Directory'', i.e. bu ...
References
External links
Yokohama Marine Tower official website
the City of Yokohama's project to restore the Marine Tower
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Marine Tower
Lighthouses completed in 1961
Lighthouses in Japan
Observation towers in Japan
Tourist attractions in Yokohama
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