51Թ

Activity pricks up in Iwate Prefecture as time to gather sea urchin arrives

Video footage taken on May 30 in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, shows the start in earnest of this year’s “uni” sea urchin gathering season, with 28 local divers—only two of them men—wading into the shallows to gather the spiky delicacies. The shallow work done mainly by women continues until about the end of June, after which men take up the task from July to the end of August, diving for the urchins further off shore. Hirono is Japan’s most productive area for sea urchin. (Kazumasa Sugimura)
Video footage taken on May 30 in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, shows the start in earnest of this year’s “uni” sea urchin gathering season, with 28 local divers—only two of them men—wading into the shallows to gather the spiky delicacies. The shallow work done mainly by women continues until about the end of June, after which men take up the task from July to the end of August, diving for the urchins further off shore. Hirono is Japan’s most productive area for sea urchin. (Kazumasa Sugimura)
PURCHASE A LICENSE

Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset.

DETAILS

Restrictions:
Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses.No sales to customers in China or Korea
Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Editorial #:
1401465048
Collection:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
May 30, 2022
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.More information
Clip length:
00:01:52:08
Location:
Iwate, Japan
Mastered to:
MPEG-4 8-bit H.264 HD 1920x1080 29.97p
Source:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Object name:
seaurchin