Obe - Obe

Japanese: オベ - おべ
Obe - Obe

...The Ama use glasses and weights when diving, but often use ropes hung from the boat to surface quickly. The Ama fish in groups, such as families or groups, but each isoba (collection site) is kept secret from others and called Obe, Neya, Jomba, etc., and other Ama refrain from approaching. There are villages in various parts of Western Japan where it is said that the Ama once traveled widely in search of isoba and then settled there.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Obe" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アマは潜水の際に眼鏡や分銅を用いるが,はやく浮きあがるために,船からさげた綱を用いることも多い。アマは家族単位,仲間単位の集団で漁に従事するが,それぞれのイソバ(採集場)は他人に秘密とされ,オベ,ネヤ,ジョンバなどとよばれ,他のアマは近づくのを遠慮した。イソバを求めてかつては広範囲に移動し,そのまま定住したと伝えるムラが,西日本には各地に存在する。…

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