Shimizu

Address	Shimizu city, Shizuoka prefecture
Commissioning date	March 1, 1912
Color	White
Construction Material	Reinforced Concrete
Light Character	Fl (2) W 20s
Luminous Intensity	50,000 cd
Range	14.0 M
Height	17.73 m
Height above sea level	21.00 m
Lens	6th Ordered Fresnel Lens Moter Drion Mercury Bat
Power source	Commercial power

This the oldest reinforced concrete lighthouse remaining in its original form in Japan.

There are 7 vertical reinforcing rods imbedded in each side of the octagonal tower with reinforcing hoops provided about every 50 cm. The foundation is of non-reinforced concrete.

Preservation repair work together with earthquake reinforcement were implemented in 1994.