noun
lookout; watchhouse
A place or post for keeping watch, such as a guardhouse or observation point.
見張り所から不審な船が見えた。
A suspicious ship was spotted from the lookout.
国境の見張り所には兵士が常駐している。
Soldiers are stationed at the border watchhouse.
Compound of 見張り (mihari, 'watch, lookout') + 所 (sho, 'place').