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  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0074.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, making her way across the rocks as she looks for Turbo sazae sea snails, with bad weather moving in overhead, lowering light levels and visibility
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0330.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, crouching down on the rocks and thinking about what to do as bad weather moves in and reduces visibility
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0313.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife Ama diver team departing for a few hours of work at sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0512.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0071.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0023.tif
  • Inaba-san, the only remaining Ama diver in Futo harbor, getting ready to go into the ocean for work. The metal tool in her hand is used to pry shells from the rocks. She keeps what she gathers in the yellow net, which can be brought up to the surface by her husband and exchanged for a new net while she is still submerged. The hoses supply air and facilitate voice communication to ensure coordination between the husband and wife team.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0333.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0192.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0171.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife team getting cleaned up after two hours of gathering shellfish
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0429.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife team chatting before heading to sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0143.tif
  • Inaba-san in the water, with air hose in the foreground and safety line extending into the background
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0052.tif
  • Inaba-san carrying a net nearly filled with Turbo sazae sea snails. Once the net is full, she signals to her husband on the boat, who pulls the net up and sends down an empty net
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006=0162.tif
  • Inaba-san, husband and wife, preparing for a day at sea. The husband captains their boat and maintains the hookah system, while the wife forages in the water. The wife is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0139.tif
  • Inaba-san, the only remaining Ama diver in Futo harbor, getting ready to go into the ocean for work. The metal tool in her hand is used to pry shells from the rocks. She keeps what she gathers in the yellow net, which can be brought up to the surface by her husband and exchanged for a new net while she is still submerged. The hoses supply air and facilitate voice communication to ensure coordination between the husband and wife team.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0331.tif
  • Inaba-san holding the trademark red gloves she uses while working underwater, searching for shells and other edible items. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0086.tif
  • Inaba-san looking out from the window of the hut she uses to prepare for work, assessing conditions to decide whether to go out to sea. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0069.tif
  • Inaba-san lighting a fire to warm up in the morning prior to heading to sea. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver working in Futo Harbor
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0016.tif
  • Inaba-san warming up in front of a fire before heading to sea. She is the last active Ama diver in Futo Harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0066.tif
  • Inaba-san captains the boat that he and his wife use as a platform for his wife’s diving. His wife is the last working Ama diver in Futo harbor. Here, he is surveying the ocean before heading out.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0134.tif
  • Atsumaru-san moving the boat to keep pace with his wife in the water
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0387.tif
  • Inaba-san donning her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0310.tif
  • Inaba-san cleaning her face mask in preparation for going to work underwater
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0306.tif
  • Inaba-san putting on her wetsuit and other gear to go into the ocean
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0286.tif
  • Inaba-san getting back on the fishing boat after spending two hours in the water collecting shellfish, happy with the fruits of her labor
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0463.tif
  • Inaba-san getting back on to the boat after spending two hours in the water looking for shellfish
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0426.tif
  • Inaba-san climbing back onto her fishing boat after gathering seafood
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0406.tif
  • Inaba-san holding an edible gastropod she collected in the ocean, with more in the basket below. This Turbo sazae sea snail is a popular food item in Japan. It was misclassified as Turbo cornutus from 1786 until 2017.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0369.tif
  • Inaba-san adjusting her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0316.tif
  • Inaba-san’s boat tied-up at Futo Harbor. The name of the vessel is Atsu-maru. Inaba-san also goes by the name Atsumaru-san. As is the case with other fishermen in Japan, the vessel is the center of Inaba-san’s life.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0271.tif
  • Inaba-san at Futo harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0056.tif
  • Felix the Cat matches that Inaba-san uses to light her warming fire each day before heading to sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0114.tif
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