GIFU—The designer best known for the Nanatsuboshi (Seven Stars) sleeper train has completed another lavish project, this one for private charters to see the city’s tradition of “ukai” cormorant ...

Ukai, an ancient Japanese fishing method that uses birds to catch fish, has been around for 1,300 years. While the practice has become a popular tourist attraction, it has also invited controversy.

GIFU, Japan - The 1,300-year-old "ukai" cormorant fishing tradition returned to the Nagara River in central Japan's Gifu on Monday, as master fishermen clad in traditional garb deftly worked hand ...

The 1,300-year-old ukai cormorant fishing tradition returned to the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture on Monday, as master fishermen clad in traditional garb deftly worked hand ropes to steer their ...

Fishing boats are out on the Nagara River in Gifu this week for the start of cormorant fishing season. The centuries-old tradition, known as ukai fishing, involves fishers manipulating cormorants to ...

GIFU -- Traditional cormorant fishing has begun on the Nagara River in this central Japan city, with fiery torches on boats creating a magical atmosphere for spectators. Cormorant fishing boasts a ...

GIFU (JAPAN) - In the pitch black night, fires burn alongside a river in Japan's Gifu as a handful of men prepare for a ritual that dates back over 1,300 years: fishing with cormorants. Dressed in ...

STORY: In Japan, cormorant fishing is seen as the ideal way of catching the ayu river fish, and has become a popular tourism spectacle. But fisher folk there say the changing climate is shrinking ...

INUYAMA, Aichi -- The government of this central Japan city began recruitment on April 23 to hire aspiring successors for the 1,300-year-old tradition of cormorant fishing for the first time in 34 ...

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