Author: Tatiana Japanseaglass

Walking along the rugged shores of the Sea of Japan, your eyes quickly get used to the usual blues, greens, and whites tumbling in the waves. But every once in a while, the tide rolls back to reveal something completely mesmerizing—a thick, glowing chunk of pure, frosted sunshine. Collectors call these rare, vibrant finds yellow…

Among the smooth sea glass pieces scattered along the shore, you can sometimes stumble upon something completely weird and wonderful. Distorted, heavy, twisted into asymmetric shapes, and full of strange textures or trapped air bubbles — beachcombers call these unique pieces bonfire glass, or simply “melts.” Most of these chunks have a wild backstory. Decades…