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Japan, Kanagawa

Kamakura

Yuigahama beach

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery
FossilsFossils

Also reported: kawarake fragments.

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

Why this spot

Beach frontage of the medieval shogunate capital, later Japan's first Meiji sea-bathing resort; town refuse reworked by Sagami Bay surf

Japanese beachcombing blogs record painted ceramic shards, sea glass and shell fossils here

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Summer crowds and surfers
fresh broken glass mixed with the frosted pieces

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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