Uraguchi Kusukazu, Ama diver, Japan 1981.

Let’s celebrate all the women we know with our Ama collection inspired by the strong and Independent Japanese pearl divers, the Ama divers. The Ama pieces empower women and make you feel strong, confident and ready to take on the Day 💪🏽 #pilgrimjewellery #strongwomen #ama

Japanese Ama { 海人 } diving is one of those kind-of-well-known traditional sports, YOU may not have heard of it, but a lot of people IN JAPAN know what it is…and a look of people know what it is but not where it came from. But Ama diving isn’t that popular anymore. Even in Japan. LOTS OF PEOPLE LOVE AMA DIVING. If we face the facts, Ama diving has been going on for 1000’s of years. But why is it not that popular anymore? Of course, the sport is really, really, really, really, old. It’s either…

Ama divers warm themselves beside an early morning fire, Japan, Luis Marden.

For close to two thousand years, intrepid women residing along the coasts of Japan have earned a remarkable livelihood diving into the depths of the Pacific Ocean for abalone, oysters, pearls, seaweed and other shellfish. Ama, 海女 in Japanese, translates directly to “women of the sea” in English. These impressive diving women were recorded as...

Their work is tough.