Like I recently announced, we've been fishing Ayu on the Maze river last Saturday. In total, we were five: a French photographer, a Tanzanian guy, a Greek-Belgian cook, Rocky the Japanese organiser, and myself. Every person had one fishing-instructor, which was a necessary but also luxury situation. We left Fujigoaka early by car in direction of Mazegawa, a nice small village close to Gero, in the Gifu prefecture. It was an unforgettable day of fish instruction, fishing, hot springs (onsen), meeting local people, BBQ... Chukyo TV (a local TV station) diffused this event on its "Plus 1" Evening News. Watch the video (2,8 MB): "Chukyo TV: Fishing in the Maze river". Of course, it's in Japanese, but you will easily understand... In the 40 second-clip, you can see us "Gaijin in Japan" fishing by the traditional "Tomozuri", a fishing method which uses another Ayu as a living decoy to catch the target Ayu. The Ayu gets caught when he attacks this invader to keep his territory. Thanks again to Rocky for a great day! By the way, he is thinking to organise again a similar event of fishing, BBQ and onsen for a larger group of Expo staff, so interested people can always leave a comment...
