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Japan, Hokkaido

Hakodate

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Russian and American trade glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

One of the first two ports opened 1854/1859; northern trade and Russian contact left distinctive debris.

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