• Iguriami fishing in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.
• This traditional fishing method has been handed down since the Edo period (1603-1868) and is still practiced today.
• The fishing is limited to the months of October and November, when the salmon return to the mouth of the Miomotegawa River, which is only 50 km long from its source to its mouth and flows into the Sea of Japan.
• The characteristic of the fishing method is a traditional fishing method that can only be seen here: “Three boats called 'kosawari-bune' are carried on the river current, and one boat strikes the surface of the water with a pole and drives the salmon into a net stretched between the two boats. When the fishing season is over in December, you can see Murakami's “salted salmon,” made with only salmon and salt, under the eaves of houses. Visitors can experience Japanese traditions by observing iguriami fishing, which can be seen only in Murakami City, and listening to the fishermen's stories.

Visit the dried salmon at "Kikawa"