JTO: Landlocked 'lighthouse'

[Clark Kent]

Landlocked 'lighthouse'
By - 01-20-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Dear Alice, I'm very curious about a building I passed the other day on my way to Shinagawa Station. It's an old Western-style building, probably from before the war, and it has a tall, way-out-of-proportion tower on top. To be honest, it looks like a lighthouse. But what the heck would a lighthouse be doing in the middle of a landlocked city neighborhood?Irina P., Tokyo
Dear Irina,

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