is a lighthouse located on the island of Sugashima, in Ise Bay off the shores of the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located within the borders of the Ise-Shima National Park.
The Sugashima Lighthouse was designed and constructed by British engineer Richard Henry Brunton. Work began in February 1872. It was first lit on July 1, 1873, in a ceremony attended by Saigà  Takamori and other dignitaries of the Meiji government. Brunton constructed a total of 25 lighthouses in Japan from far northern Hokkaidà  to southern Kyà «shà « during his career in Japan, each with a different design. Built of domestically produced white bricks, the Sugashima Lighthouse is styled in the manner of a European castle round tower, complete with crenellations. It replaced a more primitive light established by the Tokugawa shogunate on the island in 1673 in response to numerous shipwrecks in the area.
The lighthouse was fully automated and has been unattended since July 1959. The tower contains a fourth order Fresnel lens, and has a range of 27 kilometers.
The Sugashima Lighthouse is listed as one of the âÂÂ50 Lighthouses of Japanâ by the Japan Lighthouse Association. It is operated by the Japan Coast Guard.
In 1964, the former official abode of the lighthouse keeper was relocated to serve as an exhibit at Meiji Mura, a historical museum in Inuyama, Aichi and was registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 1968. The lighthouse itself became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2010.