(Part 1) What is Herabuna Fishing?
The crucian carp is known as the representative of game fish in Japan, so much so that it is said to begin and end with crucian carp. Originally a species endemic to Lake Biwa, the gengoro-buna was created by man's repeated breeding and selection of gengoro-buna so that they would grow large and fast for food. Since they were released into various regions and naturally reproduce, today they can be found in waters all over Japan. Moreover, they are popular among fishermen of all ages and both sexes at specialized managed fishing areas and fishing ponds, where they use a rod at a fixed fishing spot.
PROFILE
Taro Hirano / Born in Tokyo, 1973. Major works include a photo book "POOL" (Little More), "Boku to senpai" (Shobunsha), in which he conducted interviews and took photographs, and "Barabara" (Little More), co-authored with Gen Hoshino. . Publisher of "off the hook," a fanzine about the waterside. He has been fishing for about 40 years, since he started fishing for Japanese spoonfish in elementary school. He also does fly-fishing, but his base is on crucian carp fishing.
Instagram:@tarohirano77
PROFILE
Toshiya Muraoka / Born in 1978. . Born and lives in Kamakura. His books include "Kuma wo carueru hito" ("Bear carvers") (Shogakukan), which covers the craftsmen who carve Ainu wooden bears, and "Shinbashi Paradise: Ekimae meibutsu bldg zanbiroku" ("Shinbashi Paradise: Ekimae meibutsu bldg zanbiroku"), which reports on the Shinbashi Ekimae bldg and New Shinbashi bldg. . He became completely hooked on Herabuna after this shoot and has been going to the Chiba Dam Lake.
Instagram:@toshiyammm
PROFILE
Keisuke Nakamura / Born in Tokyo in 1973 and raised in Wakkanai. Representative of Nakamura Graph Co. He is active in a variety of fields, including art direction and design for magazines, PR magazines, catalogs, cookbooks, books, and other editorial work. . Fishing is based on mountain stream fishing trained in Hokkaido.
Instagram:@nakamuragraph
