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●Spot: Inubosaki Lighthouse ●Address: 9576 Inubosaki, Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture ●Fee: 300 yen for adults, free for elementary school students and younger accompanied by a guardian ●Closed: Open year-round ●Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (until 5:00 PM from March to September, until 5:30 PM during Golden Week and from August 10 to August 19) ●Parking: Free parking available nearby ●Train: About a 10-minute walk from Inubo Station on the Choshi Electric Railway ●Bus: From JR Choshi Station, take the bus from platform 6 bound for Inubo/Tokawa (about 20 minutes), then about an 8-minute walk from the Inubo stop ⚫︎Highlights: ① The magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean from the top of the lighthouse ② Selected as one of the Top 100 Lighthouses in the World in 1998 for its historical and cultural significance ③ Built in 1874, this Western-style lighthouse stands about 32 meters tall and is made of domestic bricks ④ Designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2020, along with the old foghorn building and the old warehouse ⑤ Inubosaki Lighthouse Exhibition Hall: Features the first domestic first-order lens, and during events, you can see the rotating first-order lens ⑥ You can witness the earliest sunrise in Japan! ⑦ The lighthouse grew 20 centimeters in 1983 ⑧ The lighthouse has the highest number of visitors among climbable lighthouses in Japan, with a spiral staircase of 99 steps, inspired by Kujukuri ⑨ Other attractions in the area include a white postbox that brings happiness, Cretaceous shallow sea deposits, and the Toei movie opening scene