Bottles Found During my Time in Japan

[jerseydevil523]

I was fortunate to spend 2 years as a contractor in Northern Japan. While there we were told by some other Americans and locals on the installation, we were at about some tunnels and a bunker left over from WW2. (I can post several of those pictures if someone likes) We enjoyed finding those and decided to explore the area more. We found several bottle dumps that were picked through an a dug-out pit of broken glass., which the diggers missed a treasure pictured below. We than wondered to an untouched area that had endless bottles. I have pictured some of them below, so I hope you enjoy.

 

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[UnderMiner]

Great score! Do those old Coca-Cola bottles have their city of origin embossed on the bottom? It would be interesting if they're from a Hawaii or California bottling plant.

 

[jerseydevil523]

Thanks for asking. They actually are not marked with a location. They both read "TRADE MARK" under the Coca Cola writing and that's it. One is stamped 41 / 51 and the other is stamped 40 / 51 on the side. There is a small emblem between the 2 numbers and not the / symbol of course. There are no markings anywhere else on the bottles. These were found at around the same location we found the Pepsi Bottle.

 

[glass half fool]

Looks like some very nice bottles I guess they would certainly be an interesting topic of conversation

 

[unclemac]

this first tall ones are sake bottles, we used to find them beachcombing in the PNW. Your bottles are from the 60's based on the group. Maybe late 50's, but I would say all post war.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Well done !

 

[jerseydevil523]

Thanks everyone who responded. I wanted to add a picture of a few of the beer bottles and milk bottles. The milk bottles cleaned up really good and a few cotton balls made the writing pop. I have more pictures if anyone wants to see them. I just need to google how to change them from a "HEIC" file. They were taken on my Japanese phone and not with my camera.