Not only do Ama divers need it to warm up their bodies before and after diving, but also to grill all kinds of food (rice cakes, fish, shellfish), making it the focal point of every Ama hut.
Not only do Ama divers need it to warm up their bodies before and after diving, but also to grill all kinds of food (rice cakes, fish, shellfish), making it the focal point of every Ama hut.
Although Ama diving is in essence an autonomous occupation, since the depth and duration of the dive and the amount of shellfish caught are your own doing, each Ama diver (at least for Kachido-Ama divers) is part of what we can call a team of divers with whom she shares a hut called an ama hut.
Amagoyas are usually located within 100 metres (110 yards) of where Ama divers enter the sea.