The Ama Collection visually evokes the delicate shells of mussels that produce treasured pearls. (amstudio.ca)
Traditionally dressed in only a loincloth, they would dive to depths as deep as 120 feet to find the oysters and mussels that produce pearls. (throle.info)
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The Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro made a number of prints depicting ama divers-women whose work is to dive for shellfish or pearls-catching haliotis abalone sea snails. (wikipedia.org)
In those islands, Ama (female diver) catch fish in the traditional fishing method "Free Diving", sea urchins, abalone, turban shell and other seafood is very fresh, "octopus rice" and so the island's food culture is endless charming too. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
You can enjoy the local seafood B.B.Q and, on the season, you can have ise spiny lobster or abalone at Ama hut experience. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
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Diving to the seafloor to collect Akoya oysters, and returning the shells after nuclei had been implanted. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
Fresh oysters served on top of shell in our chef's special sauce. (menupages.com)
Even scuba divers couldn't compete with the advancements in pearl culture, where thousands of oysters could be grown in shallow depths and tricked into growing pearls in a confined area where they could be easily harvested. (throle.info)
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Then in 1893 a local marine products trader, together with fisheries scientists, succeeded in producing the world's first quality semicircular pearl after inserting a small sphere of shell into an oyster, from which a pearl would form. (unu.edu)
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Ama divers have for two thousand years practised their trade of diving for shellfish, seaweed, and pearls off the coasts of Japan. (wikipedia.org)
Without the efforts of ama divers, quickly moving shellfish to safe places during red tides and typhoons would have spelt disaster for early pearl cultivation. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
The name was choose after they discover fossilized shells, evidence that this civilization had knowledge and freediving skills to collect shellfish from the bottom of the sea. (freedivecolombia.com)
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Today these Ama Divers, as they are called, still dive for pearls, though largely for the benefit of tourists rather than for the pearls they gather. (throle.info)
She takes us to a hidden spot where the ama woman dive, so they can do their job quitely. (evavanderzand.com)
From then on the ama woman could dive only twice a day for 70 minutes. (evavanderzand.com)
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Later, benefiting from techniques derived from Akoya pearl culture, local people established other forms of aquaculture including cultivation of aonori , or green laver ( Monostroma sp. (unu.edu)
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The first print depicts a pair of kappa river creatures raping an ama diver underwater. (wikipedia.org)
You will enjoy fresh seafood B.B.Q and be talking with Ama women diver. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
Originally HACHIMANKAMADO has started new work style for Ama women diver. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
Talking with Ama women diver and enjoy local seafood. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
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In the excavations between Mesopotamian civilizations(4,500BC) and the six dynasty of Egypt (3,200) there were found ornamental objects from pearl, a material that can only be obtained by diving to the bottom of the sea. (freedivecolombia.com)
After World War II, pearl production in Mie Prefecture dominated the Japanese market for ornamental pearls and export for the international market expanded too. (unu.edu)
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The scene depicts a group of women on a rocky shore watching ama divers. (wikipedia.org)
The name of this collection refers to pearls, specifically, the Japanese female pearl divers called Ama. (amstudio.ca)
In order to commemorate the activities of the divers who supported early pearl farming, demonstrations are held on Pearl Island daily. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
At the time of Alexander the Great, there was then a long established industry producing a much coveted, purple dye from the murex shell that was harvested by divers from the city of Tyre. (freedivers.net)
18OC/64OF, harvesting edible sea-weed, and pearls.In this same geographical band we find the Moro's of the Philippines, the Polynesian divers, the Indian pearl divers of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Islands, the pearl divers of the Gulf of Arabia, and the Greek sponge divers of Kalimnos and Simi. (freedivers.net)
Unlike the Japanese Ama Divers, there are few town council meetings to carefully consider what makes sense and what does not. (throle.info)
But this figure fell dramatically after 1965, partly because of the deterioration of the Bay environment and the change from traditional fisheries to pearl oyster cultivation. (unu.edu)
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Job candidates should prove their ability to gather intel, decipher the information and find the pearl. (ama.org)
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Kokichi Mikimoto will forever be remembered as the man who built the Japanese pearl industry and as a unique individual well-known for his many anecdotes. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
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Ama huts in ISESHIMA are getting popular for foreigners little by little. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
Then, some Ama hut B.B.Q stores has opened In ISESHIMA area. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
You should visit Ama Hut Experience, when you visit ISESHIMA area in Mie, Japan. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
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It was his goal to beautify women all over the world with the pearls he created. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
In Okinawa, Japan, women have been diving for pearls for more than 2,000 years. (throle.info)
Jaques Mayol was fascinated by the ama and went to Japan to spend time with them and learn from them. (epicfreediving.com)
The B.B.Q in Ama hut is the special environment and will be one of the best memories in your Japan trip! (iseshima-kanko.jp)
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Gaining experience in different types of business over the years, he focused on pearls, which were a specialty of the Shima area. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
Just a nice little touch to what the area is also known for, which are pearls. (agoda.com)
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The ama were perceived as less feminine, but socially and sexually free. (wikipedia.org)
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Special acknowledgements and heartfelt gratitude to Mr. George M. Al-Ama for his availability and quality time to actively contribute to enriching Palestinian oral history thus promoting love and appreciation for the wealth of Palestinian heritage which Bethlehem University Library has painstakingly favored, promoted, and preserved through the years. (bethlehem.edu)
One of the Ama woman shares that 25 years ago it was super clear, now the water is foggy. (evavanderzand.com)
She is 30 years, which is relatively young for an Ama woman. (evavanderzand.com)
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love: Thank you for your time :smile: A superb great pearl! (travelgirlsclub.com)
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Michelle Yeah and Quinta Brunson drops the f worked in their historic moment. (4chionlifestyle.com)
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The diverse aquaculture of Japan's Ago Bay has evolved from a pearl culture tradition seeded more than a century ago. (unu.edu)
But as the scale of pearl culture and aquaculture has increased, so have negative impacts such as coastal land development. (unu.edu)
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Utamaro and others played with these contrasts, portraying ama in elegant, resting poses as they often did with geisha, but nude and unkempt in their work environment. (wikipedia.org)
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Some programs are developed by wonderful people with altruistic motives, but many are being promoted by new non-profits that are little more than shells for large corporations who stand to make fortunes if their particular technology becomes the new standard. (throle.info)
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They also carry a knife to pry open shells. (wikipedia.org)
Ama lighting comes in both open and closed versions, working beautifully as individual pieces or natural groupings into mussel clusters. (amstudio.ca)
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The amas in this picture demonstrate the manner in which he depicted them in future prints. (wikipedia.org)
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In big parts of the city it's still found in the sand rests of this population, they are big amount of shells, all tools where used like harpoons, hooks, nets, all this elements associate with a daily sea life. (freedivecolombia.com)
To this day there are still some fishing villages in Tamil Nadu that have freedivers that go out and freedive in the Palk Bay for valuable shells as pearls are no longer found since decades. (epicfreediving.com)
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Subsequently, green laver culture was developed in the late 1960s in response to the decline of pearl oyster culture due to overproduction that caused a rapid increase in the proportion of low quality pearls. (unu.edu)
Matsui Pearl Store'established in 1905, not only can buy high-quality pearl ornaments, and can enjoy experience that making accessories by youself in this shop. (iseshima-kanko.jp)
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Whenever possible, Kokichi invited honored guests to his house in Shima and to Pearl Island to introduce the charm of his pearls along with the natural beauty of Ise-Shima. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
She missed the natural life and went to learn from the Ama woman. (evavanderzand.com)
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Despite all the difficulties, the Ama woman are staying full with joy a "hand picking" culture. (evavanderzand.com)
They made sure that the rules are respected in their ama diving culture. (evavanderzand.com)
Following this technical breakthrough, pearl culture was further developed and prospered in Ago Bay. (unu.edu)
The twentieth century development of pearl and laver culture has become the basis of human interaction with the Bay. (unu.edu)
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Each glass shell is produced by using a special glassmaking technique. (amstudio.ca)
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Mikimoto Pearl Island is one of the only places to see ama diving in their traditional white outfits. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
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While other jewels shine by being polished, pearls already have their beautiful luster straight from the oyster's shell. (mikimoto-pearl-island.jp)
Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actor, and Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress, bring forward the changes from Asian actors being white wearing tape to pull their eyes back to the forefront of with the beautiful story about choosing kindness, especially when life is tough. (4chionlifestyle.com)
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He made a hand gesture to Pearl and Jenny. (latinopia.com)
Hours1
The ama woman decided that the diving hours should be regulated. (evavanderzand.com)
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Mr. Al-Ama is not new to our efforts to put "turath" centre-stage. (bethlehem.edu)
Time1
In 1992, a red tide of Heterocapsa circularisquama occurred in Ago Bay for the first time and, since then, there have been frequent harmful blooms of these micro-algae that have caused mass mortality of the pearl oyster. (unu.edu)
Up to date Ama Ama Oyster Bar and Grill Restaurant prices and menu, including breakfast, dinner, kid's meal and more. (getmenuprices.com)
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Another ama watches seated on a rock with an ashamed look, her right hand held to her mouth. (wikipedia.org)
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Ama is formed by a stylized cut-crystal shell, protecting a light source of LED chips hidden in a round lightbulb with a titanium nitride coating that produces its pearly sheen. (amstudio.ca)
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Zero technology or machine help for the Ama woman. (evavanderzand.com)