Mitsu-gun, Okayama Prefecture. Tatebe-cho, the town of fishing, cherry trees and hot springs.

December 10. 2000 I went to the Asahi River that runs near my house to see a trap for small river crabs. The crabs have some other names such as "tsu-gani" or "mozuku-gani". It is as big as an adult's fist. Some people simply boiled and eat them and some crush and strain for miso soup. On the day, a few crabs were lured to the bait, a bullfrog. Masato Suzuki