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Tomyodo cove, Uraga

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: shell fragments.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Below the 1648 Edo-period Tomyodo lighthouse at the mouth of Uraga port, where the shogunate inspected all Edo-bound shipping; Perry anchored off here in 1853

Multiple Japanese blogs and reviews describe sea glass by the handful, with pottery shards secondary

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

The small southern cove drowns at high tide
check Yokosuka tide tables

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

Check access and collecting rules for each site.