Japanese cormorant fishermen keep alive tradition that belongs to another age
The profession of cormorant fisherman was once common in waterside villages and towns throughout Japan, and other places such as China, but the use of the birds to catch fish has been in slow decline for centuries.
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In the pitch black night, fires burn alongside a river in the city of Gifu in Japan as a handful of men prepare for a ritual that dates back more than 1,300 years: fishing with cormorants.
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