Japanese Light House Information


The Flag

• Teishin-Syo = Ministry of postal telegraph and transport.
  
• Toudai-kyoku = lighthouse bureau.
  
• Toudai-fuzoku-senpaku = Ship belongs to the lighthouse.
  
• Kaijyo-hoan-cho = Maritime Safety Agency.
  

The Flag information

• Teishin-Syo = Ministry of postal telegraph and transport.
  The flag used by Teishin-Syo = Ministry of postal telegraph and transport.
  = Teishin. (Written in "katakana")
  Then Designed by First word Te. (Written in "katakana")
  now this flag used by Ministry of postal, and Post Office.
  
  
  
• Toudai-kyoku = lighthouse bureau.
  Designed by Teishin-Syo flag, and word "Toudai-kyoku".
  The word is Toudai-kyoku = lighthouse bureau.
  but Before WW2 Japans word Written by right to left.
  Now we are written by left to right.
  This flag don't used now.
  now this flag have "Museum of transport" in Tokyo. size 76cm X 116.5cm
  
  
  
• Toudai-fuzoku-senpaku = Ship belongs to the lighthouse.
  Designed by Japans national flag, and Lighthouse, and Ocean blue.
  This flag made at 1886(Meiji 19).
  Used by Meiji-maru and any Lighthouse-checking-ships. This flag don't used now.
  now this flag have "Toko-kai" in tokyo. size 64cm X 90cm
  
  
  
• Kaijyo-hoan-cho = Maritime Safety Agency.
  Maritime Safety Agency is belongs to the ministry of Transport.

Photo

• Lighihouse kamome-shima
  in Hokkaido Japan. 41.51.56N. 140.7.30E.
  Build Meiji22.Sep.15. Rebuild 1951(Syowa26)Jun.1.
  
  
  Photo by naomi-wada. 1991 march 23.
  
  Emblem
  Photo by naomi-wada. 1991 march 23.
  
  

• Lighihouse TokyoPort
  Gate of TokyoPort in TokyoBay Japan.
  
  Click for big image. Photo by mitsuhiro-kadota. 1990 July 29.
  
  

• Lighihouse ChibaPort
  Gate of ChibaPort in TokyoBay Japan.
  
  Click for big image. Photo by mitsuhiro-kadota. 1996 June 16.
  
  

History

• 1868(Meiji 1) Lighthouse Operated by Yokohama court of revision.
• 1869(Meiji 2) First European Lighthouse Kannonzaki light on.
• 1878(Meiji 4) Lighthouse Operated by Koubu-syo Lighthouse section.
• 1885(Meiji 18) Lighthouse Operated by Teishin-Syo, Lighthouse bureau.
• 1941(Syowa 16) Lighthouse Operated by Teishin-Syo, Navigation division, Sea Lean section.
• 1943(Syowa 18) Lighthouse Operated by Unyu-Tsushin-Syo, Navigation bureau
• 1944(Syowa 19) Lighthouse Operated by Unyu-Tsushin-Syo, Lighthouse bureau
• 1946(Syowa 21) Lighthouse Operated by Ministry of transport, Lighthouse bureau
• 1948(Syowa 23) Lighthouse Operated by Maritime Safety Agency, Aids to navigation division.

Additional information

• before WW2 in Japan, Lighthouse Operated by Teishin-syo.
  middle WW2, Teishin-syo convert to Unyu-tsushin-syo(Ministry of transport and communication.).
  now in Japan, Lighthouse Operated by Maritime Safety Agency, Aids to navigation section.
• Meiji-maru is tall ship. Expeller Meiji used to navigation. Import to Yokohama at July 20, The day is "Memorial day of Sea" now.
  
• Maritime Safety Agency Fleet Review 94 Photo Directory
• LL01 Tsushima/ Monitoring ship for Aids to navigation.
  

Word information

• Teishin-Syo = Ministry of postal telegraph and transport
  
• Teishin = postal telegraph and transport
  
• Syo = Ministry
  
• Toudai-kyoku = Lighthouse bureau
  
• Toudai = Lighthouse
  
• kyoku = bureau (In the Ministry)
  
• Teishin = postal telegraph and transport (Written in "katakana")
  
• Te (Written by "katakana")
  
• fuzoku = belongs to.
  
• senpaku = Ship.
  
• Kaijyo = Maritime.
  
• hoan = Safety.
  
• cho = Agency.(belongs to the Ministry)
  
• unyu = transport.
  
• tsusin = communication.
  
• Toko = light house shine.
• kai = party.
  
• Toko-kai = party of Light house and suport.
  
• kamome = sea gull
• shima = Island

New:1998.2.15/Last Update:1998.3.1