A historic lighthouse used to exist near Uraga -- Called "TOMYO-DO", it helped to guide ships safely in in-and-out of Edo (Tokyo) Bay for 220 years .... More information at the link below...
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Also, there is a local urban legend that an area nearby the lighthouse was used as an execution ground, or KUBI-KIRI-JO ( 首切り場 -- Head-Chopping Area )...
A visitor to the site left the following description in his/her Blog:
"It is said that a large number of human bones were dug out from this place at the end of the Edo period, and it is believed that human bones may still be buried there. Some say that the human remains were casualties of a battle between the Satomi clan, which invaded from Boso in the Warring States period (1556), and the Hojo clan, which defended Sagami, and that they were victims of a shipwreck off the coast of this area. Another old tale, told by an old man, says that this place near the (URAGA) magistrate's office used to be a place of execution where many criminals were taken out and beheaded. Legend has it that as the criminals were being executed, their desperate cries, the cries of their families, and the noise of the onlookers could be heard all the way to the Kamoi gate on the opposite shore, where usually only the sound of the waves could be heard. A 6-meter-high "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo" monument was erected in 1840 on the very spot where such a sad legend was left behind."
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