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Japan, Hokkaido

Otaru

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: trade glass.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Booming Meiji Hokkaido port with a stone-warehouse canal district; late but dense debris.

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