An island where you can see hammerhead sharks!
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*This is an area with strong ocean currents, so you should consult with an expert.
Japan's oldest Western-style stone lighthouse Mikomotojima is a small uninhabited island located about 8 km offshore from Yumigahama Beach on the Izu Peninsula, with only a lighthouse on it.
The island is surrounded by many reefs, making it a difficult place to navigate by sea, and has long been a key location for maritime navigation. Mikomotoshima Lighthouse is the oldest surviving Western-style stone lighthouse in Japan and has been designated a national historic site.
The waters around Mikomoto Island are influenced by the Kuroshio Current and are characterized by a wide variety and density of fish, from migratory fish such as yellowtail, amberjack, and Japanese amberjack, various sharks such as the reef shark, large root fish such as the grouper and parrotfish, and various rays such as the loggerhead turtle, stingray, and eagle ray, to seasonal migratory fish such as Japanese hawk moth, grunt, black sea bream, Japanese snapper, various butterflyfish, and triggerfish.
The famous hammerhead sharks, which appear from summer to autumn when the water temperature rises, are a spectacular sight, ranging from single sharks to schools of hundreds.
Mikomoto Island Spot
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Mikomotoshima Lighthouse
It is the oldest stone lighthouse remaining in Japan that has retained its original appearance.
The designer was R.H. Brunton, the father of Japanese lighthouses.
In May 1866 (the second year of the Keio era), the shogunate concluded a tax reform agreement (the Edo Treaty) with four countries: the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and France.
One of the eight lighthouses at that time.
The lighthouse was constructed using Izu stone quarried from Cape Ebisu in Shimoda, with the upper section incorporating a double tail method of fitting the joints, while the upper, lower and right and left joints of the middle and lower sections were made with quick-formed cement made by burning volcanic ash from Inatori on the Izu Peninsula and limestone from Nashimoto. Maintenance work was carried out in conjunction with the earthquake-resistance reinforcement project in 1995.
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