Nearly a minute has passed yet the sea in front of us remains still, save for a ring-shaped life preserver bobbing upon its surface. Inside it is a mesh net, known as a sukari, filled with red, yellow ...
It’s 2017, and we’re surrounded by noise. Phones and computers chime in thousands of different tones and timbres as social media streams flood us with more information than we could ever digest; there ...
SHIMA, Japan (AFP) – Mieko Kitai takes a huge gulp of air as she surfaces from the clear, blue waters of Japan's Pacific coast with a large abalone in her hand. Now in her 70s, the dive -- with ...
WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Natsuki Kadoki has stuck with her fishing trade as an “ama” skin diver despite years of decreasing resources, pay and colleagues. But now, an extraordinary new obstacle has ...
It may not be long before we cease to see Japan's traditional female free divers, known as Ama, in the flesh. In Toba city, Ama forage for seafood like abalone, sea urchin and lobster, but their ...
SHIMA, Japan: Free-diving fisherwoman Kimiyo Hayashi could well be the last of her generation to make a living harvesting seafood using the traditional method. The 69-year-old is among only 500 “ama” ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The elderly women sit in a semicircle by a smouldering fire, warming up after diving for shellfish delicacies in the cool waters off the ...
MINAMIBOSO, Japan (Reuters) - Bearing torches that lit up the night as they swam out into the ocean, Japan's storied "ama" prayed for an abundant catch in a ceremony held by these female free divers ...
Nearly a minute has passed yet the sea in front of us remains still, save for a ring-shaped life preserver bobbing upon its surface. Inside it is a mesh net, known as a sukari, filled with red, yellow ...
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