Japan, Shizuoka
Shimoda
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: Perry-era and early Ansei trade glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
First treaty port opened 1854 under the Convention of Kanagawa; small but historically dense harbour.
Keep exploring nearby
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