Join the extraordinary journey of Japan’s traditional pearl divers through the lens of freediving. This video captures the age-old practice, showcasing the skill, tradition, and resilience of ...

Mikimoto Pearl Island, 1-7-1 Toba City, is where you can also see diving demonstrations by ama divers. Adults $18, children $9; mikimoto-pearl-island.jp/en More information Travel Japan japan ...

Short of Female Free Divers, Japanese Sea Festival Turns to Volunteers By Kyung Hoon Kim MINAMIBOSO, Japan (Reuters) - Bearing torches that lit up the night as they swam out into the ocean, Japan ...

Item 1 of 5 "Ama" female free divers, who harvest sea life from the ocean, lead volunteers as they swim with torches during Shirahama Ama matsuri in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Clad in wetsuits, ama divers submerge to great depths without air tanks to gather abalone, seaweed and other seafood, and sometimes pearls. They exist only in Japan and South Korea, but in the ...

Like all female divers, no one taught her how to dive. It is a skill she learned on her own. Free divers Reiko Nomura (right), 84, and Mitsue Okano, 70, at the Hachimankamado hut in Toba, central ...

The ancient tradition of women free diving for shellfish can still be seen in Japan’s unspoilt Shima Peninsula.