Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Ise Shrine-pearl divers

It was a beautiful day to visit the Grand Ise Shrine, however we couldn't take pictures inside the shrine :( Here is a picture leading up to the shrine.


We then visited a small fishing village & were invited into the Ama divers hut for a snack of things they had caught that morning. The oysters were so good!

The Ama divers make me feel so tall. The woman on the far right is 77 & still dives, they go down 30 feet with no tank, just a mask & fins.

At the Mikimoto Pearl Island in Toba we watched a woman diver dive for pearls.

If it weren't for this sign I don't know what I would have done.

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