Japan, Wakayama
Nachikatsuura
Nachi-no-hama, Hamanomiya
Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glassAlso reported: well-preserved shells, urchin tests.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
800 m strand at the Kumano pilgrimage landing of Hamanomiya, fed by drift from the Katsuura fishing ports
A local lodge documents bagfuls of sea glass on the town's beaches and the national park visitor center logs beachcombing on this strand; exact glass hotspots not pinned
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Summer swim zoning
otherwise benign sandy beach
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.