Ukai
[Employee Posts] Oct 05, 2010
< Ukai in Arashiyama district of Kyoto >
Photograph: Mr.S.Hirai of Daico MFG.OB
< Cormorant fishing >
Ukai is unique way of fishing with large black seabirds called u (cormorant).
This fishing, which has a history of more than 1,200 years,
is now practiced in several parts of Japan only as a tourist attraction.
The cormorant, after receiving two or three years' training, can dive into
the water,catch any sweet fish and return to their master to give away their
catches without awallowing them.