Larissa Corriveau made her debut earlier this month as Japan's first cormorant fisher of foreign nationality, with her trainer hoping she will help introduce the world to the ancient Japanese tradition of manipulating birds to catch river fish.On the first day of the annual cormorant fishing season this year on Oi River in Kyoto's Arashiyama area, Corriveau, who holds dual German/Canadian citizenship, smiled at tourists and other onlookers after winning their applause for successfully handling four cormorants and getting a dozen fish out of them by squeezing their throats."It was difficult …READ FULL ARTICLE
