Fishing
Kansai as Destination for Fishing Trip in Japan

You may know city names such as Osaka and Kyoto, as wonderful sightseeing destinations. Kansai is the area which includes Osaka and Kyoto. Kansai has a lot of fishing locations on the Pacific ocean side, the Japan Sea side, and freshwater areas.  In this blog, I would like to introduce the places where you can […]

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Fishing in a Fish Farm? Tasting Japan through Fishing

Do you want to catch an amberjack easily or to make sure to catch and eat the Japanese’s favorite red seabream during your quick visit to Japan? You can make these wishes come true, when you visit some fisheries in Japan. There are fisheries who farm fish and let leisure fishermans to catch them.  In […]

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Inchiku: How do you use it?

Inchiku is a very useful lure in offshore fishing. To retrieve steadily is the simplest way to explain how to use this Inchiku Jig.  In this article, I would like to explain how to use it in more detail, and the way to select the best weight or shape in certain situations. For your interest, […]

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Japan’s Favorite Fish; Madai

Tai is the favorite fish for Japanese people. There are many fish called -tai or -dai (“dai” is the variant pronunciation of “tai”, so here tai and dai means the same.) There are Kuro-dai, Me-dai, Fuefuki-dai, etc. You can say that Tai is the typical image of fish for Japanese people. And it is highly […]

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Fishing with Tai Rubber

Fishing with Tai Rubber, often called Eye Drop Jig, is one of the very popular lures to catch red seabream or Madai (Pagrus Major.) In this article, I would like to introduce the tackle, history and a bit of tips to select Tai Rubber. What is Tai Rubber? Tai Rubber is a special type of […]

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Tenya; Japanese Traditional Jig Head?

Imagine you are catching a 60 cm red sea bream with a jig head. It uses a kind of jig head style hook with 5 to 8 cm shrimp as a bait. You use a 0.15mm thick braided line with a rod with a sensitive tip. You can feel the attack of a fish directly […]

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