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Hokkaido
Ishikari, Japan
Ishikari Beach and river mouth, salmon station ceramics
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: Hizen and Meiji bowls, mortars, jars, netsuke, glass floats, pumice.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Late Edo to Meiji salmon fishing stations and the first Hokkaido settlement eroding out of the river mouth banks.
Ishikari Sand Dune Wind Museum bulletin vol 4 (2014): 172 drifted stoneware and porcelain fragments collected 2010-2013 on Ishikari Beach and both banks of the mouth, oldest bakumatsu Hizen bowls, plus an antler netsukeView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold waterStrong onshore wind, river mouth currents, winter ice
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.