Culture & arts・Amakusa

Wind-WaitingKazamachi

Also known as: 風待ち

The pre-modern seafaring custom of waiting in port for favorable sailing winds. In ports like Ushibuka, where many ships waited out winds and storms, the resulting exchange between sailors and locals fostered a distinctive culture.

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