Japan, Hokkaido
Otaru
North Canal and Minato-cho waterfront
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glassAlso reported: warehouse architecture.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Herring and coal boom port of Meiji-Taisho Hokkaido; lighterage canal finished 1923, North Canal keeps the working width
port history solidly documented; no published record of shoreline finds, canal edges are built quaysides
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unfenced canal edge in the North Canal stretchIce in winter
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.