「和趣釣楽」
A special feature on Japanese fishing is included, and WAZAO-IPPON is featured in two articles, one interview and one contribution.
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The world is full of high-performance fishing tools. Black bass fishing and fly fishing are great, but quaint fishing that carries on traditional Japanese culture is also cool as hell.
1. 44-year-old writer, I started fishing for Herabuna.
2. bamboo Japanese rod as a lure rod. <WAZAO-IPPON>'s idea of an emotional way of fishing
3. the waist of the lure made even a folk art master fall in love with it? The charm of Satsuma squid baitwood, a lure unique to Japan
https://brutus.jp/daily-b/20230224-344/
What is an emotional fishing path?
WAZAO-IPPON" is a "Japanese fishing rod" made of bamboo, which is rarely seen nowadays. WAZAO-IPPON" reinterprets the traditional fishing tackle with a new perspective and proposes a new style of fishing. In an industry that pursues more comfortable fishing by using high-performance materials, what does this unique manufacturing process mean? We interviewed the founders, Chiaki Kato and Tomohiro Soeno.
A Japanese bamboo rod made into a lure rod. <WAZAO-IPPON>'s vision of an emotional fishing path https://brutus.jp/wazao_ippon/?heading=1

the Satsuma Egi
We came across one day a Satsuma squid baitwood made by a temple carpenter in Kagoshima Prefecture. Its sexy waist is a condensation of the experience and wisdom of our ancestors. We will explore the charm of this Japanese lure, which even the folk art master Shoji Hamada was fascinated by.
https://brutus.jp/egi_fishing/?heading=3

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