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Globeride, Inc. (グローブライド株式会社, Gurōburaido Kabushiki-gaisha), formerly Daiwa Seiko Corporation (ダイワ精工株式会社, Daiwa Seiko Kabushiki-gaisha) until 2009, is a Japanese manufacturing company that produces fishing equipment in addition to tennis, golf and biking gears.
In contrast to the western fly-fishing tradition where anglers used heavy wooden rods, in Japan anglers always used bamboo, which is readily available and very light. Because of its light weight, Japanese anglers were able to use very long bamboo rods and reach as far as needed without the need to develop reels for the short rods used in the west.
Edo wazao Edo wazao. Edo wazao (江戸和竿) is a style of handcrafted Japanese fishing rods that originated during the Edo period (1603–1868). [1] These rods are predominantly made in the Kanto region, such as Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Chiba and Saitama, where artisans continue the traditional methods that have been passed on for generations.
Shimano, Inc. (株式会社シマノ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shimano), originally Shimano Iron Works (島野鐵工所) and later Shimano Industries, Inc. (島野工業株式会社), is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company for cycling components, fishing tackle and rowing equipment, which also produced golf supplies until 2005 and snowboarding gear until 2008.
No. 23 Nittō Maru (Japanese: 第二十三日東丸) was a Japanese fishing vessel that in 1941 was requisitioned and assigned to the Rengo Kantai, the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, to serve as an early warning coastguard off the coast of Japan during the Second World War.
Cormorant fishing in Japan is called ukai in Japanese.Originally, it was done as one of the main fishing methods for ayu (sweetfish) fishing. [7] However, since it is "unique" (as it uses birds and skillful techniques), viewing cormorant fishing, since the Heian period, has been used as amusement for aristocratic classes and warlords in Japan.