[2025 Miura Attraction] Travel Guide for Jogashima Lighthouse (Updated Apr)

#thingstodo Nice one day trip from Tokyo. Its located in the Miura peninsula in Kanagawa. Board a train heading towards Misakiguchi in the Asakusa line and then remain on boarded. It's the terminal station. Then take a bus to Jogashima and there are couple of other places as well. There is a trail of 2.5 Km in which the Jogashima lighthouse is part of. There is another lighthouse located in the park - Awazaki lighthouse.

#thingstodo Jogashima Island offers two lighthouses, a wild and rugged coastline that allows for good fishing opportunities, walking trails that lead through seasonal flower gardens in the interior of the island or along the coastline, and migratory Japanese Cormorants visit during the winter months to build their nests on the sea cliffs. The coastal walk proved interesting as I got to inspect the rock pools and rock formations up close, as well as pick at the shells on the beach.

#2024wish Jogashima Lighthouse was constructed in 1870 making it the fifth oldest lighthouse in Japan. Standing at 12-meters high, it was designed and built by French engineer Francois Verny who built the Yokosuka Naval facility (currently U.S. Naval Base). The current lighthouse is a reconstruction of the first which was destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In 2024, I want to visit this lighthouse again and try the food there.

Check out the beautiful views of Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay from the shores of Jogashima Island at the tip of the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Located only about 76 km south of Tokyo, visitors can easily access the island by train, bus, taxi, and private vehicle. On a clear day, photographers and tourists can enjoy a clear views of Mt. Fuji to the east, Oshima Island to the south, and Chiba Prefecture to the east. Below the lighthouse, the exposed coastal rocks of Jogashima Island reveal alternating layers of pyroclastic sandstone and mudstone that were deposited on the seafloor about 10 to 4 million years ago. Throughout the island’s shoreline visitors can see a low coastal terrace that was formed by uplift during the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. The western end of the island has been a popular destination not only for tourists, but also for many high school and college students who use the island for geological field trips. Various deformations in the sedimentary record can be seen with the naked eye including imbricate thrusts, slumps, and flow folds. It’s free. Not many stairs to climb. Nice view with sea side. I will recommend to go there for one day trip. #2024wish

A very beautiful place for a quick escape. The rock cliffs were really beautiful, people were fishing in the ocean. Overall mind refreshing place. But the path is not suitable for elderly people or people with wheelchairs. Also can be considered as a picnic place for friends and family. It’s a mus visit place for beautiful view, sunset and many more fun. It does have a paid parking(450yen). Entrance is free. It remains open until 7pm in summer and 5pm in winter. You will often see many photographs here. Right place for pre-wedding shoot. I wish to go to many places in Japan this year. #2024wish