Shinagawa Lighthouse

Inuyama, Japan

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Designed by French engineer Léonce Verny and completed in 1870, the Shinagawa Lighthouse is a nine-meter brick structure that served as the third of four lighthouses Verny constructed in Japan. Originally positioned in Shinagawa, Tokyo, where it was first lit on 5 March 1870, the lighthouse operated there until 1957. Following its decommissioning, it was relocated to Meiji Mura, an open-air museum in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, where it stands today as a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan, representing an important phase of foreign-directed lighthouse construction before Japanese engineers assumed responsibility for the work in 1880.