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Japan, Hyōgo

Sumoto

Ohama coast south end, Awaji Island

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: shells.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Pine-fringed town beach of the Sumoto castle town, facing centuries of Osaka Bay coastal shipping

Blogger filled a bag with well-rounded sea glass in an hour at the gravel pocket south of the swim beach

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Shallow-water scramble to the gravel pocket
dense funamushi (sea slaters) on the rocks

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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