Japan, Iwate
Kuji
Amber Museum dig site, Kokuji-cho
Amber shore Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
AmberAlso reported: lignite, rare insect inclusions.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain).
Why this spot
Late Cretaceous (~90 Ma) amber-bearing lignite beds; Japan's main amber locality, mined since the Meiji era
museum-run fee dig; visitors regularly find amber, and dinosaur teeth have come from the same pit
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
muddy hillside pitHand tools, summer insects
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