Japan, Niigata
Sado
Sawada beach, Kawaharada
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glass
Sea pottery
GoldAlso reported: sakura shells.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
Why this spot
Town-front beach on Mano Bay below Kawaharada, a merchant town of gold-rush Sado on the kitamaebune coastal shipping run
Resident's blog records frosted sea glass and sakura shells below the town seawall steps
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Slippery stone seawall steps
winter Japan Sea swells
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.