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Ama divers

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Ama female divers are seen in the ocean in Toba, southern Mie Prefecture. The ama harvest adult abalone and release young abalone back into the sea. Mie holds the biggest population of ama divers in Japan. The G7 Ise-Shima summit will be held Thursday and Friday on Kashiko Island in Mie Prefecture.

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there was a show in nhk about ama. some of them in the age of 70 - 80 and ate raw abalone, some dive in pretty deep, wish i can be as healthy as them when i get old

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...and I always thought they were diving for pearls... silly me !

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It's a nice photo!

They are working as usual although G7 summit is approaching because of it's their work.

Will they stop working tomorrow and Friday?

I think they do not need.

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What happened to the young, busty, long-haired girls in skimpy suits bent over in erotic poses and embarrassed faces? That's what the mascot promised!

I also thought they mostly just dove for pearls.

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I first thought that they were frog-cops checking for IEDs before the G-7.

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Good on them! They are healthy and doing a wonderful thing, keeping this tradition alive.

Umm, the Ama "girls" traditionally went topless. The above are Ama "baachan",,, the good old days are long gone,,,

You don't want the baachans to go topless now do you?

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fair enough

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