LIGHTHOUSES · 1869
Kannonzaki Lighthouse, Japan
The original brick tower was destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923; the present one dates from 1925.
The story, as a puzzle
A country opens its harbours.
Begun in 1868 under a French engineer, this was the first Western-style lighthouse in its country, built as Japan opened up to the world. Pin it.
Where it is
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