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cormorant fishing on the Nagara river

Nagara river cormorant fishing

Fishing with cormorants from wooden boats by firelight, in summer, as it has been done for centuries.

the cormorant fishing fires on the Nagara river

How to get there

  • Where it is Gifu (岐阜県), Japan. Getting into the prefecture: No airport — Nagoya is the gateway. Gifu-Hashima Station (shinkansen); Takayama by limited express
  • By car What you need to drive here
  • Last train When the trains stop

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Photo: by Kenichi_Inagaki (CC BY 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: by Ludger Heide (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
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