Toba Free Divers

[jshepherd]

This is an interesting article.

THE elderly women sit in a semicircle by a smouldering fire, warming up after diving for shellfish delicacies in the cool waters off the coast of Toba in Japan. These women, called ama - Japanese for women of the sea ...

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/legends-of-the-deep-20100716-10djb.html

 

[pattye]

Truly fascinating---thanks, Jeremy!

 

[Caitlin]

I have heard of the ama. They are very special people! That was a good foundation article on them.

 

[Heidi]

Great article - I find the Ama so very fascinating.

 

[AMc]

What a beautifully written article- thanks for posting, J! It makes me happy to know that such a rich tradition still survives- I was under the impression that the ama's work had largely disappeared...