Katagata

Katagata lies along the Nagara River in Mino, where fishing with trained cormorants has a long history. An early place name in the district was Ukai, meaning cormorant fishing, recorded in a tenth-century geographical work. Fishers worked from boats, controlling birds on lines to catch fish in the river. The practice became a distinctive part of life on the Nagara, handed down through generations of fishing households.