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, 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, said to be the largest granite cave in the country and a Prefectural Natural Monument.[6][7]
Cape Ashizuri
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![Cape Ashizuri Lighthouse [ja] above the cape](/wiki/File:Cape_Ashizuri_-_%E8%B6%B3%E6%91%BA%E5%B2%AC_-_panoramio_(11).jpg) Cape Ashizuri Lighthouse above the cape | |
  Cape Ashizuri Location of Cape Ashizuri on Shikoku  Cape Ashizuri Cape Ashizuri (Japan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′26″N 133°01′13″E / 32.723829°N 133.020337°E | |
| Location | Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan |
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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.