WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Natsuki Kadoki has stuck with her fishing trade as an “ama” skin diver despite years of decreasing resources, pay and colleagues. But now, an extraordinary new ...

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For me, the art of painting and the sea are great metaphors ... In this series, the Ama Divers were subjects and starting points for these new paintings and works on paper. This combined with ...

In the cool waters off Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park, Aiko Ohno, a seasoned ama diver, glides effortlessly through the sea. Using only goggles, fins, a weight belt, and a mesh net called ...

Among them are the Ama divers of Japan, the “women of the sea,” who have still upheld the age-old tradition of free diving in search of shellfish, abalone, and pearls. Found primarily in the ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture—Rare guests from the United Arab Emirates visited the Hachiman Kamado hut here to experience the culture of “ama” female divers and to increase the number of inbound ...