Japan, Fukui
Mihama
Suishohama, Wakasa coast
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glass
Crystals and minerals
Sea potteryAlso reported: kawarake fragments (reported), shells.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Crystal-sand beach on Tsuruga Bay's Wakasa shipping shore; local guides report medieval kawarake sherds mixed with modern drift glass
First-person sea glass finds posted from the beach; the Kamakura-era kawarake claim rests on one local guide and is unverified archaeologically
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep drop-off and currents
paid parking and swim-hour rules in season
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.