rockhounding
Japan
42 researched sites15 legal to collect
Akatani Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Arakawa Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Ashio Copper Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Goshoura Island: Trigonia sandstone collecting siteFossil site · Licence or permit
›Hosokura Mine, JapanMineral locality · Permission required
›Ichinokawa Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Inakuraishi Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Ishikawa Pegmatites, JapanMineral locality · Permission required
›Itoigawa Jadeite, JapanGem locality · Gray area
›Itoigawa: Hisui Kaigan jade beach (Oshiage)Gem locality · Legal to collect
›Itoigawa: Oyashirazu coastGem locality · Legal to collect
›Iwaki: Ammonite Center, Okucho TsurubusaFossil site · Licence or permit
›Izu Kawazu: Shobuzawa (Shobuza) beachAgate beach or gravel · Open
›Izu Toi: Toi Kinzan gold mine panningGold ground · Licence or permit
›Kamioka Mine, JapanMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kaso Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Katsuyama: FPDM Outdoor Dinosaur Museum, Kitadani quarryFossil site · Licence or permit
›Kofu crystal district: Otome mine and ShosenkyoCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kuji Amber, JapanFossil site · Permission required
›Kuji: Amber Museum dig site, Kokuji-choAmber shore · Licence or permit
›Mifune: dinosaur fossil dig, Tourist Exchange CenterFossil site · Licence or permit
›Minobu: Yunooku Gold Mine Museum panning (Shimobe)Gold ground · Licence or permit
›Mizunami: Fossil outdoor learning site, Toki River at MatsugaseFossil site · Permission required
›Naegi (Tsukiyoshi), JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Nagano: Wada Pass obsidian (Higashi-mochiya roadside)Mineral locality · Restricted
›Nakatsugawa: Naegi pegmatite district topazCrystal locality · Gray area
›Oarai-Hitachinaka coast: Isosaki shrine and Isozaki beachesAgate beach or gravel · Open
›Obira Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Osarizawa Mine, JapanMineral locality · Permission required
›Otani Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Otome Mine (Kofu), JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Otsu: Tanakamiyama district, Seta-Daido river gravelsCrystal locality · Gray area
›Oya Stone Quarries, JapanMineral locality · Permission required
›Rebun Island: Menou-hama agate beach (Motochi)Agate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Sado Gold Mine, JapanMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Sado Island: Nishimikawa Gold Park placer panningGold ground · Licence or permit
›Tanokamiyama, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Toki-Mizunami: Toki River gravel barsMineral locality · Open
›Toyoha Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Tsugaru Peninsula: Horozuki coast nishiki-ishi beachesAgate beach or gravel · Open
›Wada Pass Obsidian, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
›Yaguki Mine, JapanMineral locality · Gray area
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