Cape Ashizuri

Cape Ashizuri 足摺岬
Cape
Cape Ashizuri Lighthouse [ja] above the cape
32°43′26″N 133°01′13″E / 32.723829°N 133.020337°E / 32.723829; 133.020337
Location	Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan

Cape Ashizuri (足摺岬, Ashizuri-misaki) is a headland at the southernmost tip^[1] of the Japanese island of Shikoku, in the city of Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture.^[1] The promontory extends into the Pacific Ocean^[2] and is situated within Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park.^[1] Above the cape is Cape Ashizuri Lighthouse [ja], which started operating in 1914,^[3] and two observatories,^[2] while a short distance inland stand Kongōfuku-ji, the thirty-eighth temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage,^[4] and a bronze statue of Nakahama Manjirō, who was born nearby.^[5] Due to coastal erosion, there are a number of caves around the cape, including Hakusan Cave [ja], said to be the largest granite cave in the country and a Prefectural Natural Monument.^[6]^[7]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Highlights of Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b 足摺岬 [Cape Ashizuri] (in Japanese). Tosashimizu City. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ 足摺岬灯台 [Cape Ashizuri Lighthouse] (in Japanese). Tosashimizu City. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ 第38番札所金剛福寺 [No.38: Kongōfukuji] (in Japanese). Tosashimizu City. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ジョン万次郎銅像 [Bronze Statue of John Manjirō] (in Japanese). Tosashimizu City. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ 白山洞門 [Hakusan Cave] (in Japanese). Tosashimizu City. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ 白山洞門 [Hakusan Cave] (in Japanese). Kōchi Prefecture. Retrieved 17 April 2021.