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Fukuoka
Okagaki, Japan
Okagaki and Ashiya coast, Genkai Sea Imari ware beach
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Coins and tokens
Sea glassPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Edo-period Chikuzen merchants shipped Arita (Imari) porcelain along this coast; wreck cargo on the seabed is being dredged and trawled ashore.
Ocean Policy Research Institute newsletter 180 (2008): whole and near whole mid-Edo Imari pieces and old coins wash onto Okagaki, Ashiya and Wakamatsu beaches; Okagaki gets the mostView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Strong winter surfRip currents, sea turtle nesting beach in summer
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.