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Japan, Kanagawa

Yokohama foreign settlement / Meiji dumps

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: imported ales and gins from the settlement trade, early Japanese glass..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Treaty-port foreign settlement 1859+; 1923 quake horizon

Thin documentation; a Japanese dump-digging community exists.

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