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Houkan (male counterpart to Geisha) Tatsuji, 29, and Maiko (apprentice female Geisha), Kikuyu, 20, sit with visitors to watch cormorant fishing or ukai, at a riverside observation deck in the Nagara River, during a trial organized by the nonprofit organization ORGAN in Gifu, Japan on September 13, 2023. Ukai, or cormorant fishing, is a 1,300-old tradition largely supported by tourists nowadays, with fleets of boats allowing visitors to eat and drink as they watch the fishermen and birds downriver from Oze. “We wanted to offer a more refined, higher-quality experience”, said ORGAN leader Yusuke Kaba. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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