Sayuri Nakamura, 64, is part of a team of five female ama divers that hunt for seafood almost daily in the waters in and around Toba City in Japan. Depending on what the local Ama Association ...

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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 of years.

Sayuri Nakamura, 64, is part of a team of five female ama divers that hunt for seafood almost daily in the waters in and around Toba City in Japan. Depending on what the local Ama Association ...