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Japan, Shimane

Matsue

Kofura beach, Kashima

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, sea urchin tests.

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

Why this spot

Fishing-village beach at the Sada river mouth on the Shimane peninsula, catching Japan Sea drift and old village-ware

Dedicated Shimane sea glass site lists Kofura with sea glass, pottery shards, shells and urchin tests abundant

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Heavy winter swells on the Japan Sea
river-mouth currents

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