Cormorant Fishing House Explained

Cormorant Fishing House
鵜飼資料園
Coordinates:35.4412°N 136.7763°W
Type:Cormorant fishing museum
Director:Junji Yamashita
Website:Cormorant Fishing House

The is a museum dedicated to Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River and located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In addition to viewing artifacts from the history of cormorant fishing, visitors can also view the cormorants actually used in the process.[1] The museum is run by the cormorant fishing masters, who are Imperial Agents of the Imperial Household Agency.

Facilities information

8:30am to 5:00pm

2nd and 4th Sundays

Mondays (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday)

Dec. 31 to Jan. 4

Free

Access

From JR Gifu Station (Bus Platform 11) or Meitetsu Gifu Station (Bus Platform 4), board any Gifu Bus towards Nagara. Get off the bus at "Ukai-ya," approximately 15 minutes from the train stations. The museum is a 3000NaN0 walk up river from there.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcci.or.jp/kankou/ukai/ukai_e.htm Ukai Shiryo-en