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Cormorant Fishing

Hiroyuki Numata is indirectly responsible for the continuation of a 1200 year old tradition: the prestigious ritual of Ukai, in which cormorants are used to catch Sweetfish. With remarkable patience he attracts to a coastal cliff and captures the wild cormorants that will later be trained for the annual.Ukai season. Japan

Japan

Author: Michael Freeman

©Michael Freeman

Photo size: 19.1 Mpixels (54.7 MB uncompressed) - 5302x3603 pixels (17.7x12 in / 44.9x30.5 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: captures, catch, cormorant, fishing, japan, pd, trainer, ukai, wild

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