The Decay of the Angel - Yukio Mishima

Three sides were almost unbroken expanses of
window.
Curious, he stepped into what appeared to be the
yard. White window frames were heaped in great
disorder on the sand. Fragments of glass faithfully
caught the clouds. Looking up, he saw in a secondfloor
window what seemed to be shades for
telescope lenses. Two huge iron pipes, rust red,
protruded from the concrete platform and buried
themselves in the earth. Uncertain of his footing,
Honda made his way across the pipes and started up
a flight of decaying stone steps.
At the foot of the iron stairs leading to the shelter
was a shaded signboard.
In English:
Notice of arrivals, departures, and moorings
Detection and prevention of accidents at
sea
Land-to-sea communications
Marine weather information
And in Japanese:
TEIKOKU SIGNAL STATION
SHIMIZU OFFICE OF THE TEIKOKU SIGNAL
AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY