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Japan, Hokkaido

Rebun Island

Menou-hama agate beach (Motochi)

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: white agate pebbles on a named Agate Beach facing the Japan Sea

Official regional tourism site states washed-up agates can be picked up; finds documented by visitor blogs

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold waterSudden weather, ferry-dependent access

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