is a cape located in the Kii Peninsula in Shima, Mie in

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The lighthouse

The

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of Cape Daiō was built in 1927.. It was damaged by aerial bombardment during the

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(1941-1945) and by the passage of

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in 1959. The limestone structure visible in 2015 is a renovated version of the original dating back to 1978.

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{{Reflist Daio Landforms of Mie Prefecture