Cormorant Fishing: An Ancient Tradition to Mark Each New Summer | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
From www.nippon.com - August 22, 2017 3:32 AM
Cormorant fishing, a method that involves lighting a fire to lure sweetfish and catching them with tamed cormorants, is today a popular tourist attraction that marks the beginning of summer in Japan. This is the story of the men and birds involved in Japan’s most famous cormorant fishing on the Nagara River.