With a large abalone in her hand, Mieko Kitai takes a huge gulp of air as she surfaces from the clear, blue waters of Japan's Pacific coast. Now in her 70s, the dive -- with nothing more than a mask -- does not get any easier and the pickings get slimmer with every passing year. But she and her fellow divers or "ama" -- which roughly translates to "sea woman" -- reap the fruits of the sea in a way that has been practised in parts of Japan for thousands ...Wednesday, 25 September 2013
The Tale of Japan's Ageing 'Ama' Divers
With a large abalone in her hand, Mieko Kitai takes a huge gulp of air as she surfaces from the clear, blue waters of Japan's Pacific coast. Now in her 70s, the dive -- with nothing more than a mask -- does not get any easier and the pickings get slimmer with every passing year. But she and her fellow divers or "ama" -- which roughly translates to "sea woman" -- reap the fruits of the sea in a way that has been practised in parts of Japan for thousands ...
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