Cape Toi

Cape Toi
都井岬 (Toi-misaki)
Cape
Cape Toi is located in Miyazaki Prefecture
Cape Toi
Cape Toi
Cape Toi is located in Japan
Cape Toi
Cape Toi
Coordinates: 31°21′52″N 131°20′51″E / 31.36444°N 131.34750°E / 31.36444; 131.34750
LocationKushima, Miyazaki, Japan
Offshore water bodiesPacific Ocean

Cape Toi (都井岬, Toi-misaki?) is a cape located in Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan, on the Nichinan coast bordering the Pacific Ocean. The cape is renowned for its beauty and for the wild horses that roam freely. A strip of land in the heart of Cape Toi includes Mount Ōgi and Komatsugaoka,[1][2] which are classified as a national natural monument by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.[3][4]

Facilities

The Cape Toimisaki Tourist Exchange Hall Pakalapaka is a rest facility that also exhibits and introduces Misaki Uma and Cape Toi.[5]

Cape Toi Lighthouse, located in the eastern part of the cape, is located 255m above sea level, 15m high, and has a light distance of 37 nautical miles. First lighted in 1929, it is a visiting lighthouse that is open to the public. It has also been selected as one of Japan's top 50 lighthouses. Those who stand at the lighthouse can enjoy a 270-degree view of the Pacific Ocean.[6]

Cape Toimisaki Kanko Hotel was located in Cape Toi and it closed on March 1, 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ Mairie de Kushima (2016). "特別天然記念物" [Special natural monuments] (PDF). city.kushima.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. ^ "GSI Maps". gsi.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ 岬馬およびその繁殖地 [The Misaki horse and its natural habitat] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  4. ^ "都井岬" [Cape Toi] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. December 18, 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2017..
  5. ^ "都井岬観光交流会館". PAKALAPAKA（パカラパカ). May 19, 2023.
  6. ^ "来て 見て 遊んで 都井岬". 串間市観光協会サイト. 2002-08-19. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  7. ^ "都井岬観光ホテル閉館". Nishinippon Shimbun. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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