Japan, Fukuoka
Omuta Miike coal port and company town
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Coins and tokens
Sea potteryPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Mitsui's Miike colliery and its 1908 port made Omuta a model company town, later inscribed among the Meiji industrial World Heritage sites; tips and reclaimed port ground remain.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.