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The main point of the Fisheries Act is to keep things sustainable, that’s why it’s agreed upon all over Japan. It’s not good at all for a select number of people to overfish…and even in the old days we wanted to make sure that the fish environments themselves are protected, so those fish can have children and then grandchildren. That’s why there’s this agreement between fishing villages. People rely on fish to live, so it’s natural that neighboring villages might end up in conflict over fishing. It’s a robust law, so the core tenets of it have lasted all this time. Ikuna: The law’s that old?! Doesn’t that mean it’s obsolete nowadays?įuruta: Not at all. The main law is the same throughout all of Japan, but individual places and prefectures tweak parts to suit their needs. They haven’t changed it at all in all that time, though.

It was enacted some time after the Edo period but before World War II, so it’s quite old. There’s actually a law, though, in Japan, called the “Fisheries Act”. I think it’s common for members of the public to feel like the ocean shouldn’t just belong to fishermen. But the sea belongs to everyone, doesn’t it?įuruta: Ah, yeah. Ikuna: …And yeah, so, that’s what happened. He nodded calmly as Ikuna explained what had happened to her at the beach. Furuta, she’d talked with on the phone, Ikuna was fairly confident she would have the fisherman’s association agreeing with her seaweed pinching proclivities in no time. Thanks to the ease with which she procured her interview, and the soft voice of the representative, Mr. ▼ The interview was held in the Tottori branch of the association, opposite Karo Port (famous for their delicious crab). “After all,” she felt passionately, “the sea shouldn’t belong to any one person.” Buoyed by her new conviction that she had the right to pick up whatever detritus she found on the beach, she made a call to the Fisherman’s Cooperative Association in the hopes of proving her point. Her guilt transformed into righteous anger, Ikuna decided this was worth investigating. But seaweed? Who put restrictions on picking up seaweed…other than old women wandering around on the beach? She even remembered the constant monitors who patrolled the coast, ensuring that no one made off with any illegal mollusks. Our reporter guiltily made her apologies, while inwardly wondering: Why couldn’t she take one tiny strip of seaweed? Was it that big of a deal? Who was this old woman to tell her off, anyway?įor context, Ikuna herself grew up on the coast of the Sea of Japan and knew well that the various shellfish, like turban shells and abalones clinging to the shoreside rocks, were off-limits to ordinary residents like her.

Ikuna whipped her head around to see an angry elderly woman, who appeared to be a resident from the nearby fishing village. Just one little piece of seaweed, right? Who would care if she took it away with her as a memento? That question was answered with blistering speed as an angry voice rang out behind her. As she walked by the cresting waves, something washed up right at her feet… A wriggly piece of seaweed.ĭelighted by her new friend, Ikuna bent down to pick it up. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa was out on a trip to the beach.

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It’s a great addition to the capsule hotel experience, but if you prefer your capsules with free beer or a room full of books, then the Millennials capsule hotel in Shibuya and the Book and Bed capsule hotel in Shinjuku are ready and waiting to greet you.What’s the harm in pinching a tiny bit of seaweed? Quite a lot, as our Japanese-language reporter learned. There’s a good chance that the new sleep analysis service may spread to other 9 Hours branches around Japan soon, so snoring salarymen can check their frequency and decibel levels too. And if you want a place to telework in the city during your stay you can always enjoy this lounge area on the ninth floor, which offers great views of Shinjuku. With prices starting at 3,100 yen per night, this is a cheap stay that gives you more for your money than a lot of other capsule hotels around Japan. Nine Hours Woman Shinjuku is the first capsule hotel in Japan to offer sleep analysis services, so it’s a great place to find out how well you sleep while you sleep. Apparently, 57 decibels is said to be “a little quieter than being inside a moving car“, which was some consolation but still! Nine times an hour is around once every seven minutes, a pretty high frequency as far as Ikuna is concerned.