Guardian of the Oodo beach

Mr Sigeru Fukuzato

Oodo Beach is famous as a beautiful beach in Okinawa.

You will be seeing beautiful corals and meet cute fishes on this beach.

This is because to the activities of friends led by Mr. Fukuzato.

Mr. Fukuzato is one of the introducers of a diving instructor organization called JUDF to Okinawa.

Even now, he have been active as a diving instructor for over 40 years.

He have been every week do fun diving with his friends on the Oodo beach, if it is fine day.

And now he will heading for diving to eliminate crown-of-thorns starfish and Drupella shellfish that eat coral.

2020/December/27

Mr. Fukuzato who is ready.

Shigeru Fukuzato, who changes into a wet suit and heads for a dive.

He told to me that he and his friends have been begen more than 30 years ago eliminate diving of crown-of-thorns starfish and Drupella shellfish.

What he have in his hand is the lunch box after the dive, the usual style.

Lady Setsuko has a tool to pull the crown-of-thorns starfish out of the hole.

In the Okinawan local say, it is "kakeyjear"or "gakeyjear".

Today, the waves are rough and it is an extermination activity by skin diving in lagoon.

She carrying a air tank on her back, and diving to eliminate crown-of-thorns starfish at the open sea near reef.

By the way, Mr. Fukuzato is 70 years old, but Lady Setsuko is about 10 years older.

They will gather and head for diving.

This time 6 people participate.

The activity is carried out by about 30 people taking turns.

Enter the sea with Mr. Fukusato at the leader.

The beautiful Oodo beach is maintained because they are steadily eliminating animals that eat coral.

They have been do so for over 30 years without relying on any subsidies or donations.they are just diving and having fun while protecting the coral.

I don't know about such like activities in the all world.

It is a diving video up to YouTube. They did eliminating.