夜のサンビーチ中央の喫煙所から、闇夜の中で遠く緑と赤に明滅する光（単閃赤緑互光）を見ている。”灯台”の物語になると、どうにも三島最後の傑作（諸見解があるので、あくまで個人的な意見であることを、どうぞご容赦ください）”豊饒の海　天人五衰”を想起せざるを得ない。

昨年は荷物と共に財布も預けてしまったので、入館料が払えずには入れなかった。その点、今年は抜かりはない。

まず、２００６年に開設された資料館である。

From the smoking area of the center of Sun Beach at night, I saw the green and red light which continued to blink. When it comes to the story of "lighthouse", I 
can't help but recall the last masterpiece of Mishima, "Houjounoumi tenningosui (The sea of the fertility  Heavenly Man's Five Decline)" (Of course, I know that there are various opinions. Please forgive that it is just my opinion). 

Last year, I couldn't enter it because I deposited my purse with the big luggage 
to a center and couldn't pay the admission fee. About the point, there is no 
blunder this year.

At first, I entered the museum about lighthouse which was established in 2006.
ここでは、捲って楽しめる相模湾で獲れる生物のパネルから、日本にある他の登れる灯台や相模灘の灯台の紹介、海洋の航行に必須の航路標識や航海計器と船の種類、電球からLEDに至るまでの灯台で使用する灯器の歴史、遠くまで光量を減弱することなく届く灯台のレンズなどの巧みな仕組み等々、ついつい惹きつけられる実物や優しい解説が目白押しである。海上安全の向上への人々の弛まぬ努力も垣間見えてくるので、唸ってしまう。

Here exhibit and explain various things associated with lighthouse, ship and 
sea. For example, you can enjoy what kinds of creatures in Sagami Bay are 
caught by turning some small boards over on a panel. Some panels explained 
the aids of navigation which are essential for the ocean navigation, the nautical 
instrument and various kinds of ships. The historical real things from light bulbs to LEDs which were used in lighthouse were exhibited. The clever mechanism 
of lighthouse's lens, how to reach the light to long distances without attenuating the light intensity was explained by using the panels, the photos and the real 
things. The sentence on the panels were easy to read and understand and I 
was fascinated with many real things. I admired all of them as I could feel the 
untiring effort of people to improve the maritime safety too.
細い、閉鎖的な螺旋階段を登っていく。２００７年から、内部が常時公開されている参観灯台となった。まだかまだかとぐるぐる登っていくと、やっと遠景を切り取った出口に出会う。

I climbed the narrow spiral staircase. It became the visiting lighthouse which 
always open the inside from 2007. I continued to climb around and around 
gradually, Finally, I encountered the exit where I could see the scenery that cut out the distant view.
晴天の３６０度の遠景は、圧巻である。伊豆半島から流れて、水平線を描く大海原、今日の雲の具合では伊豆諸島であれば利島までしか望めないが、霞みながらも細く水平線上に棚引く房総半島を拝見することができた。眼下の島景も、路上からとは大いに違って、統べるように見渡すことができる。姦しい蝉時雨が周囲の樹々から湧き上がってくるのが、いかにも真夏であった。

（動画は、灯台の上からの眺めと、夜の熱海から見た灯台の灯が流れます。）

The distant view from all angles in the good weather was amazing! It flew from 
Izu Peninsula, through the wide ocean that drew the horizon to Izu islands. I 
could see only Toshima of Izu islands in today's cloud condition. But I could also watch the Boso Peninsula which stretched thinly on the horizon despite being 
hazy. The views of Hatsushima under my eyes were different from the views 
which I saw on the roads. So I looked like overlooking them as if to govern. 
When I heard the very loud shower of the cicada's sounds which sprung up 
from the surrounding trees, I felt the midsummer now.

(You can see the view from the top of the lighthouse and the green and red light from Atami at night.) 
頂上の床に、観察できる島や地域の表記がある。富士も見えるようであったが、この日は雲が厚く、その姿を拝むことはできなかった。ただ、このあたりからだと、富士の位置は熱海の後ろになるのだなあと新たな発見があった。

The names of the islands and regions were written on the floor of the top. We 
can see Mt. Fuji from here. But I couldn't worship the mountain because of the 
thick clouds this day. By the way, I knew that Mt. Fuji rises at the back of Atami 
if we saw it from here. 
帰途は、灯台の外を回る螺旋階段を下りてくる。外側に螺旋階段が設置されている灯台は日本で唯一、ここだけであるらしい。

入館料：中学生以上￥３００、以下は無料　

When I came back, I went down the spiral staircase around the outside of 
lighthouse. The lighthouse which set the outside spiral staircase is unique and 
only here.

Admission Fee :  Over the junior high school student ￥300, Free for the under age

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