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Japan, Nagasaki

Nagasaki / Dejima

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Dutch and Chinese trade glass.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Oldest foreign contact point via Dejima; Meiji foreign settlement at Oura; harbour reclamation preserves early dumps.

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