Cape Sata (佐多岬, ''Sata Misaki'') is a cape at the southern tip of the

Ōsumi Peninsula 261x261px, Satellite image of Ōsumi Peninsula The projects south from the Japanese island of Kyūshū and includes the southernmost point on the island, Cape Sata. Its east coast lies on the Pacific Ocean, while to the west it faces the Satsuma ...

Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...

island,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, and is the southernmost point of the island, just south of 31 degrees latitude. Cape Sata is home to a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

built in 1871, designed by the Scotsman

Richard Henry Brunton Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE (26 December 1841 – 24 April 1901) was the so-called " Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as ...

. Prior to 2013, the land was under the jurisdiction of a private company, and cost 300 yen to enter with open hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. However, Sata is now free to enter, and its abandoned restaurant and observation deck have since been torn down.

Alan Booth Alan Booth (5 December 194624 January 1993)
(''The Independent'', 5 February 1993)

's 1986 book '' The Roads to Sata'' details his walk from

Cape Sōya is the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated in Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture. The is at the cape, although the true northernmost point under Japanese control is a small deserted island called Bentenjima, northw ...

at the northern tip of

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

south to Cape Sata.

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File:Satamisaki Line 31.JPG, Monument at latitude 31°N File:Satamisaki observatory.JPG, Cape Sata Observatory File:Satamisaki Park View Kagoshima001.JPG, Cape Sata lighthouse from Sata-misaki Observation Park File:Satamisaki kaimondake.JPG, Mount Kaimon on the Satsuma Peninsula over the sea File:Satamisaki roadpark.JPG, Satamisaki Road Park

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