{"id":3537,"date":"2021-04-29T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T10:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/?page_id=3537"},"modified":"2021-05-31T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:38:20","slug":"dive-gear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/japanese-style\/dive-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Dive Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3537\" class=\"elementor elementor-3537\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3eb2a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3eb2a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0da33d\" data-id=\"c0da33d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ae373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"59ae373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4afcbbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4afcbbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Culture<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e12dff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e12dff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Social Side Of Japanese Diving <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7031393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7031393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Japanese Dive Gear and Brands<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-903b560 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"903b560\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-395ec20\" data-id=\"395ec20\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a877767 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a877767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa3c7d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6aa3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b33b76 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0b33b76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf03780 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cf03780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94a27f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a94a27f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c80268 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c80268\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5be929b\" data-id=\"5be929b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027a874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"027a874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c412554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c412554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">a Japanese twist...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d505b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d505b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Divers worldwide generally use the same equipment, distributed around the globe by main diving equipment and sports companies, right?<br \/>Sure, and yet, Japan would not really be Japan with adding a twist on dive gear!<\/p><p>While major international brands are certainly present in Japan (Aqualung\/Apeks, Mares or Scubapro, Aetc.), specifically domestic brands, some of which are rarely seen outside Japan, or more recently, outside of Asia, are highly popular, and praised by Japanese divers.<\/p><p>And even non-Japanese brands, such as Scubapro or Aqualung will have local Japanese branches, sometimes offering models marketed and sold <em>only in Japan<\/em> (<em>Nihon gentei<\/em>), no doubts catering to the needs of the <em>Japanese exception<\/em>.<\/p><p>Ok, that&#8217;s not exactly true. Aqualung Japan, i.e. <strong><em>Nihon Aqualung<\/em>, was actually established in 1970 as the Japanese branch of France&#8217;s <em>La Spirotechnique <\/em><\/strong>(the original recreational scuba diving equipment brand founded by J.Y. Cousteau) so they&#8217;re not exactly newcomers on the Japanese market&#8230;<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4030 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nihon-aqualung-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/nihon-aqualung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/nihon-aqualung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/nihon-aqualung.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7a1f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe7a1f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Note: this page focuses on Japanese trends in terms of dive gear<br \/>[<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/dive-info\/some-practicalities\/#equipment-and-rental-options\"><strong>Click here<\/strong> <strong>for practical info on equipment in Japan, tank sizes, rental gear, etc&#8230;<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd5ab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3dd5ab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5105cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5105cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">some trends<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08569cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08569cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s fast foward to the present.<br \/>As a rule, Japanese gear will be <strong>good, recent<\/strong> and often very <strong>stylish<\/strong> (especially <em>for the ladies<\/em>\u2026).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98dc753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98dc753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/ph02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3671\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/ph02.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/ph02-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6074dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6074dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: Marine Diving <a href=\"https:\/\/marinediving.com\/start_diving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marinediving.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e24a19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e24a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Recently, there has been a slight tendency or fashion for retro-style equipment such as masks, BCDs or fins, especially amongst older, experienced divers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc19efa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc19efa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fd77a7\" data-id=\"2fd77a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cebb44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cebb44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.scubapro.com\/en-GB\/HKG\/bcs\/products\/classic-zero-g.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/classic_zero_g_orange_22.238-265x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6603\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/classic_zero_g_orange_22.238-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/classic_zero_g_orange_22.238-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/classic_zero_g_orange_22.238-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/classic_zero_g_orange_22.238.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4224b37\" data-id=\"4224b37\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b60b62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b60b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gull.kinugawa-net.com\/products\/mask\/abyss\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/GM_1086-300x264.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6604\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/GM_1086-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/GM_1086.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd0fefc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd0fefc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f59b955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f59b955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.scubapro.com\/en-GB\/HKG\/bcs\/products\/classic-zero-g.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scubapro\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e440f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e440f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/gull.kinugawa-net.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gull.kinugawa-net.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11fa7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e11fa7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8cbe86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8cbe86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/gull.kinugawa-net.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gull Kinugawa,\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.scubapro.com\/en-GB\/HKG\/bcs\/products\/classic-zero-g.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scubapro, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bism.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bism, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gull.kinugawa-net.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gull Kinugawa,\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ca394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49ca394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some domestic brands commonly used by Japanese divers include:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/gull.kinugawa-net.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gull<\/a>, especially for <a href=\"https:\/\/gull.kinugawa-net.com\/products\/fins\/super-mew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fins<\/a>, which are a real standard in Japan, from dive professionals to fun divers, and are also highly popular in other Asian countries, as are their masks<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tusa.com\/jp-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TUSA<\/a>, especially BCDs and regulators<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bism.co.jp\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BISM<\/a> \u2013 Bism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bism.co.jp\/en\/lineup\/regulator.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulators<\/a> are highly popular with Japanese divers, as are, to a lesser extent, their dive computers<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3676\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bism.co.jp\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3676 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27751657_1674510679284187_2540905051301203183_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"image source: http:\/\/www.bism.co.jp\/en.html\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/27751657_1674510679284187_2540905051301203183_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/27751657_1674510679284187_2540905051301203183_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/27751657_1674510679284187_2540905051301203183_n.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bism&#8217;s Ti NELEUS Regulator<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><a href=\"http:\/\/kaila.co.jp\/sas\/#sec03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAS<\/a> and REYSON, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/bucho-diver.com\/2019\/09\/05\/best-bcd-scuba-diving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reyson BCDs,<\/a> which are sturdy and highly popular with Japanese dive-professionals<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4001\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nathanprosac.wixsite.com\/udonscuba\/product-page\/bcd-reyson\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/\u30ec\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3.jpg\" alt=\"image source: https:\/\/nathanprosac.wixsite.com\/udonscuba\/product-page\/bcd-reyson\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u30ec\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u30ec\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u30ec\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u30ec\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reyson For The Professional<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakerout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breaker Out<\/a> wetsuits, a brand which also makes surfing gear, and also <a href=\"https:\/\/aqa.kinugawa-net.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AQA<\/a> and formerly CocoLoa wetsuits (now rebranded as Gull), or (Turtle) <a href=\"http:\/\/pierside.jp\/p\/wet\/w_aloha.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aloha <\/a>westsuits or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heleiwaho.com\/en\/products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hele-i-Waho<\/a> wetsuits (yes, they do have a Hawaii surf thing going on&#8230;)<\/p><p>On the wetsuit\/dry suit front, <strong>custom-made suits are quite popular <\/strong>in Japan, and easy to find (though, as all things dive-equipment, definitely not cheap)&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1458dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c1458dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb6fd05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb6fd05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">fin art<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb7e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feb7e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gull fins are extremely popular in Japan, and one particularity of Gulls is that the <strong>fin design<\/strong> and <strong>material<\/strong> used lend themselves particularly well to creative fin decoration, whether through homemade drawings, stencil art, or dedicated decals (the dive shop we worked for the Andaman sea had its own decals for sale).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da8bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7da8bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This has also given birth to an art form: <a href=\"https:\/\/gramho.com\/explore-hashtag\/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fin art.<\/a><br \/>Mrs.<strong> Yurie Baba<\/strong> is one of Japan&#8217;s most famous fin artists, and this is her <a href=\"https:\/\/yurie-finart.wixsite.com\/finart-official\/home-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Fins-Art-Feeling-Ocean-by-YURIE-1016606631738426\/?_rdc=1&amp;_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a><br \/>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.jp\/yuriefinart\/%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarkable fin-art<\/a> was feature in multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkB_CMZGJS0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expos<\/a> since 2016, in Japan and abroad.<br \/>We saw her sea-lion decorated fins meet the real thing when we were working in La Paz, Mexico.<\/p><p>Here&#8217;s a little selection of various fin art pictures found online:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bdb80b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"0bdb80b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3537 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"0bdb80b\" 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understanding <strong>bubble-garbled speech spoken with a regulator in one\u2019s mouth<\/strong>.<br \/>This is probably the device hasn\u2019t really caught on yet, in Japan or elsewhere (it&#8217;s been around for 10 years).<br \/>Another slight issue to keep in mind is the impact of powerful ultrasonic transmission on surrounding marine life.<\/p><p>But if non-full-face mask based speech devices were developped and did somehow gain traction, they clearly have the potential to take <em>Japanese-style<\/em> guided diving up a level, perhaps even killing off <a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/japanese-style\/guided-diving\/#slate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>big-slate culture<\/strong><\/a>&#8230;.<\/p><p>Indeed, the Logoseases transmission system can be rigged up for a guide to use with his or her grous of divers, which, if it worked a little better, would enable them to offer a full <em>museum-visit\u00ad <\/em>like experience, think: <em>\u201c and to 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src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/68907382_2720152228037639_2231753887054823424_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/68907382_2720152228037639_2231753887054823424_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/68907382_2720152228037639_2231753887054823424_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/68907382_2720152228037639_2231753887054823424_n.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc65a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fc65a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d4bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3d4bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One sandal to rule them all...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410eeda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"410eeda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalgyosannet.jimdofree.com\/gyosan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GYOSAN<\/a> is said to have been initially designed for fishing purposes in Okinawa and Ogasawara, and is a rock-solid and truly non-slip flip-flop, and worn by Japanese dive pros and divers around the globe.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ezgif.com-gif-maker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ezgif.com-gif-maker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/ezgif.com-gif-maker.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/ezgif.com-gif-maker-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Having gone through a few pairs ourselves (Ben is a 4L size..), they are great, probably the best alternative to watershoes for working in wet environements..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da86a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4da86a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/gyosan-300x291.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-7135\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/gyosan-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/gyosan.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Faithful 4L-size Gyosan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508392f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508392f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marea-ikebukuro.jp\/blog\/%E3%81%8A%E7%9B%86%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%81%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">globalgyosannet.jimdofree.com\/gyosan\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0cc68f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e0cc68f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba3c61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ba3c61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pink Ladies...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cd7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1cd7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And beyond the brands themselves, some other aspects stand-out when it comes to Japanese diver gear.<br \/>First, let\u2019s mention the colour matching action, especially for gear aimed at female divers.<\/p><p>Most diving manufacturers worldwide seem still slightly immune to the trend to downplay gender roles in commercial products, you know, <em>pink-for-the-ladies <\/em>and <em>blue-for-the-boys<\/em>, but in Japan, it\u2019s still <strong>no hold-barred gender coding<\/strong> &#8211; Certainly, Sweden Japan is not&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae4746d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae4746d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-723b447\" data-id=\"723b447\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1942a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca1942a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/ph01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6605\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/ph01.jpg 335w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/ph01-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-39c77f7\" data-id=\"39c77f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c6374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85c6374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mic21.com\/blog\/show\/blog\/5492.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2018-07-27_2208_5b5b194f3f88b_l_sp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6606\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2018-07-27_2208_5b5b194f3f88b_l_sp.jpg 281w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2018-07-27_2208_5b5b194f3f88b_l_sp-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b7e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48b7e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8aebc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8aebc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-95fcce1\" data-id=\"95fcce1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3b2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ad3b2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/pinku1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6611\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/pinku1.jpg 578w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/pinku1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-df37985\" data-id=\"df37985\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a59a82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a59a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/kiiro5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6610\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/kiiro5.jpg 578w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/kiiro5-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2eda72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2eda72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/marinediving.com\/equipment\/mask\/color_and_form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marinediving.com\/equipment\/mask\/color_and_form\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3587779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3587779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/marinediving.com\/equipment\/mask\/color_and_form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog.mic21.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2403f10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2403f10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/marinediving.com\/equipment\/mask\/color_and_form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">miyagino.biz\/osusumekizai.html<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-076ed33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"076ed33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Think <strong>hot pink drysuits or wetsuits<\/strong>, cute BCDs with <strong>flowery designs<\/strong> and other adorable \u201clady-like\u201d option abound in the Japanese dive gear world.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll find amazing colour options (purples, oranges\u2026) in dive gear aimed at women, allowing for some serious colour matching.<\/p><p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/japanese-style\/social-aspects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> amazing diving grannies we met in Raja Ampat<\/a> all had pink to purple flowery wetsuits with matching booties (which might indicate Japanese makers might take age groups aesthetic preferences into account as well \u2013 which is probably smart move given Japan\u2019s aging population, divers included).<\/p><p>One would not expect less from such a stylish country, with still rigid gender roles, and even a publication aimed at the diving ladies to hype it all up (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.marinediving.com\/books\/#a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Diving\u2019s LaScuba<\/a> magazine)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ec8dff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ec8dff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38cb29f\" data-id=\"38cb29f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88a860f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88a860f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL-776x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4022\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL-1163x1536.jpg 1163w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL-1551x2048.jpg 1551w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/91cPAAZPnvL.jpg 1939w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ae8a77\" data-id=\"0ae8a77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0dd18a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0dd18a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1407_lascuba.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4020\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1407_lascuba.jpg 652w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1407_lascuba-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc0de0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc0de0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: Marine Diving <a href=\"https:\/\/marinediving.com\/books\/1905_lascuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/marinediving.com\/books\/1905_lascuba\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b02c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b02c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-754034f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"754034f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">taking the (underwater) mickey...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c45e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c45e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divespace\/posts\/960221507484308\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cute animal hoods<\/a>, while still highly popular with divers from other Asian countries, are (luckily\u2026) on the decline in Japan.<br \/>Oh they&#8217;re still around, mind you, being <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>kawaii<\/em><\/a> and all that, but somehow never reached the popularity they currently have elsewhere&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c5fc30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c5fc30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e395fd3\" data-id=\"e395fd3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b05df2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b05df2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marea-ikebukuro.jp\/blog\/%E3%81%8A%E7%9B%86%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%81%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/46156055_2360602990635620_1282824718914682880_n1-600x450-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6629\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/46156055_2360602990635620_1282824718914682880_n1-600x450-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/46156055_2360602990635620_1282824718914682880_n1-600x450-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaeec72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaeec72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marea-ikebukuro.jp\/blog\/%E3%81%8A%E7%9B%86%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%81%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.marea-ikebukuro.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6e3a25\" data-id=\"d6e3a25\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95a1dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95a1dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/missocean\/archives\/52232187.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/d6424155.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6630\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/d6424155.jpg 950w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/d6424155-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/d6424155-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb8b52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb8b52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/missocean\/archives\/52232187.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog.livedoor.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c09ffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c09ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Similarly, <strong>technical or technical looking gear<\/strong>, with quintessential brands such as Halcyon that highly popular in other Asian countries (Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, mainland China\u2026) has not yet really caught-on in Japan, where diver choice is still largely oriented by the conservative recommendations of instructor, shop and diving publications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5c1927 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5c1927\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c9d9df\" data-id=\"3c9d9df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a095bac elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a095bac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7867bef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7867bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/mic21_Bism_TOP_1160-1024x712.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3678\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/mic21_Bism_TOP_1160-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/mic21_Bism_TOP_1160-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/mic21_Bism_TOP_1160-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/mic21_Bism_TOP_1160.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad441bd\" data-id=\"ad441bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2760b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2760b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A great place to get an idea of brands, models and prices (!) of dive gear currently sold in Japan is <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.mic21.com\/shop\/c\/c44\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mic21<\/a>, which is one of the biggest retailers of dive gear in Japan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab64115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab64115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2021-03-16_1646_60506264caba9_xl-300x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-8004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2021-03-16_1646_60506264caba9_xl-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2021-03-16_1646_60506264caba9_xl.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957d16d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"957d16d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5bb9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5bb9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marea-ikebukuro.jp\/blog\/%E3%81%8A%E7%9B%86%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%81%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mic21.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a06d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"03a06d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46d1489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46d1489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Snorkels, suits and gloves...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7617468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7617468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/P7310017.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3680\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/P7310017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/P7310017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/P7310017-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48000cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48000cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c477e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c477e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marea-ikebukuro.jp\/blog\/%E3%81%8A%E7%9B%86%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%81%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F%E3%81%AF%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chibadiving.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5a2ddc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5a2ddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On a more cultural note, we have to mention <strong>snorkels<\/strong>, <strong>suits and gloves.<\/strong><\/p><p>As a rule, people dive in wetsuits and, more often than not, with gloves.<\/p><p><strong>Diving gloves are big in Japan<\/strong>, which is certainly understandable with the country\u2019s temperate to cold winter waters, and the still common conception that holding on to rock (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_impact_of_recreational_diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lying on sandy bottoms<\/a>) is perfectly fine&#8230;<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4047\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/51SuzEa0DL._AC_.jpg\" alt=\"benefit of the doubt?\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/51SuzEa0DL._AC_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/51SuzEa0DL._AC_-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">benefit of the doubt?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>But it probably goes beyond that. Protections abound in Japan, the sun is strong in the land of <a href=\"https:\/\/img1-kakaku.ssl.k-img.com\/images\/maga\/icv\/pc0\/8956\/img_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comprehensive sun gear<\/a> and people do cover up, for agriculture, hiking, and pretty much all outdoors activities.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8734 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sun-protection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Sun-protection.jpg 350w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Sun-protection-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><br \/>Underwater is no exception &#8211; and it\u2019s a good thing people are becoming more aware of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/news\/sunscreen-corals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impact of sunscreen on marine life<\/a>, as Japanese divers, especially women for cultural reason depreciating suntans, are heavy sunscreen users).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db1cd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6db1cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not only do most Japanese divers cover up for sun and thermal protection, with everyone diving in wetsuits (which is more than reasonable, we\u2019re both resolutely wetsuit divers who always get cold), but gloves are commonly provided\/worn, even in warm water areas, from stylish dive gloves to <em>gunte<\/em>, cheap work gloves.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s face it, gloves-wearing does encourage touching in most cases, which is less much of a problem in Japan\u2019s rocky areas, but doesn\u2019t translate that well on coral reefs, or in national parks and protected areas abroad, where not only <strong><em>no-gloves<\/em><\/strong>, but actual <strong><em>no-touch<\/em><\/strong> policies are becoming increasingly common.<br \/>It is just one of those things, shared with other Asian countries as well, which we hope will evolve in the future&#8230;<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/30585005-r1.jpg\" alt=\"image source: https:\/\/www.pinterest.jp\/pin\/780741285380507351\/\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/30585005-r1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/30585005-r1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/30585005-r1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p><p>Just be aware of it. <br \/>In our professional experience, we\u2019ve never real issues with Japanese divers and glove-wearing \u2013 as long as it was explained, during the pre-dive briefing, that they were going to dive in a <em>no-glove<\/em> and\/or <em>no-touch<\/em> area (and as divers, while accidents do happen, we should all aim for contactless diving if possible), the message was heard and understood and gloves stayed on the boat. <br \/>But if you dive in Japan, you might actually be offered a pair of gloves in certain areas, and you might get to see more tactile diving than you&#8217;re used to&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347f16c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"347f16c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oceana.ne.jp\/enquete\/59553\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/P0001602A6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8805\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/P0001602A6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/P0001602A6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a1b61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7a1b61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nta.co.jp\/activity\/sea\/diving_license\/kyushu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nta.co.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929925a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"929925a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carrying a snorkel is part of <strong>RSTC<\/strong> training standards.<br \/>Diving instructors and their students are required to carry a snorkel as part of their diving equipment during training courses (RSTC standards are only given for training, not for \u201cfun-diving\u201d).<br \/>And the entry-level courses themselves make use of the snorkel in various exercises (snorkel to regulator exchange, 5 point descent, \u201cskin diving\u201d in the PADI Open Water Course, for instance)<\/p><p>However, many certified divers, especially where current diving is common, <strong>choose to not have a snorkel attached to the masks when fun-diving,<\/strong> as it does increase the risk of having the mask ripped off, especially in current, and is an entanglement hazard as it dangles next to your face, and chose to carry on in their pocket, or even dive without one, unless planning for long surface swims. It&#8217;s a well known moot points, with pros and cons (see <a href=\"http:\/\/scubaguru.com\/the-great-snorkel-debate-should-you-wear-a-snorkel-when-scuba-diving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubadiverlife.com\/to-snorkel-or-not-to-snorkel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for instance)<\/p><p>In Japan however, many divers keep the snorkel attached to their masks, which is no doubt due to prevalence of shore entries, and the fact that many sites are neither current nor drift dives. <br \/>It seems to be much more common than elsewhere.<\/p><p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/oceana.ne.jp\/enquete\/59553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll by Japanese diving platform Oceana<\/a> found that <strong>49% of respondents dived with a snorkel,<\/strong> 30% without and 20% on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc48548 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dc48548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d032e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d032e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">marketing oddities, or lost in translation?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b3242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0b3242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some Japanese brands are not only less common elsewhere, they sometimes <strong>feature slightly surprising (quirky\u2026) marketing<\/strong> that Japan is well known for, where makers seemingly make a point of not having their material proof-read by native-speaker, even when branding products in the English tongue.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3679\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/67403289_2404226369812736_5343767768170758144_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/67403289_2404226369812736_5343767768170758144_n.png 769w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/67403289_2404226369812736_5343767768170758144_n-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t Fall For Fake Breathing Systems&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2741deb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2741deb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A diving video light might be called the RGBlue VM2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rgblue.jp\/ja\/products\/blackbody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLACKBODY,<\/a> and regulators might read slightly quizzical statements such as \u201c<strong><em>Legend of\u00a0 (the) Bism<\/em>\u2122\u201d.<\/strong><br \/>This last example always made non-Japanese staff wonder if it meant something like the <em>Bism\u2019s equivalent of the famous Aqualung Legend regulator<\/em>, or that this Bism regulator model was so good it was <em>legendary<\/em>, or that it was something of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heroic_fantasy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>heroic fantasy<\/em><\/a> inspired approach to product presentation, plunging divers into <em>Bism\u2019s universe of underwater quests<\/em>, not unlike Nintendo\u2019s <em>Legend of Zelda\u2026 <br \/><\/em>There are probably ways to find out if we really wanted, but we\u2019ll hang on to this branding mystery for now\u2026<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4002 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/m25752958189_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/m25752958189_1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/m25752958189_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/m25752958189_1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140f857 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"140f857\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04e478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c04e478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakerout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bism.co.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e85e82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e85e82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another equally puzzling brand name is the <strong><em>Breaker Out<\/em> <\/strong>\u2122 brand of wetsuit and associated items.<br \/>Such a dynamic sounding name had non-Japanese staff wondering if it was some sort of reference to <strong><em>breaking out<\/em><\/strong> <strong>of the prison of everyday life<\/strong> for a dive adventure, or perhaps if diving in this wetsuit meant that one was diving away until all the <em><strong>circuit breakers<\/strong> <strong>had popped out<\/strong><\/em>, short-circuited by the excitement of it all\u2026 <br \/>Then again, they also make surfing wetsuits, so it\u2019s probably got something to do with <strong>breaking waves being out<\/strong>, <strong>i.e. surf\u2019s up<\/strong>? Who knows&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6f9fb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6f9fb5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a535ea5\" data-id=\"a535ea5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35fc46b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35fc46b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1126_DSC3242.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-4016\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1126_DSC3242.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1126_DSC3242-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/1126_DSC3242-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa499b6\" data-id=\"aa499b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3922841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3922841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/move-select_18bo53nozip_3-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4009\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/move-select_18bo53nozip_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/move-select_18bo53nozip_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/move-select_18bo53nozip_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9d47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5e9d47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259a71c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"259a71c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakerout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakerout.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-056e0c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"056e0c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However, when it comes to linguistic oddities, our favourite dive gear brand has to be <strong>SAS<\/strong>.<br \/>Sure, it\u2019s a slightly more sober brand name, which brings to mind both the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.army.mod.uk\/roles\/infantry\/sas-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Special Forces<\/a> (who do dive, so there) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flysas.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scandinavia\u2019s flag carrier<\/a>, airline of choice for all air travel around Denmark, Sweden and Norway\u2026<\/p><p>Yet SAS products do have some of weirdest (motivational?) quotes on them, typical of <strong><em>kazari-eigo<\/em><\/strong> (\u98fe\u308a\u82f1\u8a9e), the quirky, largely nonsensical variety of English used to decorate Japanese products\u2026 (more on this <a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/blog\/2021\/05\/02\/decorative-english-in-japanese-diving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>)<br \/>Great for a laugh a 7 in the morning, setting up equipment on a dive boat, trust us\u2026<br \/>We don&#8217;t really know the brand&#8217;s history, other than SAS&#8217; Japanese history began in 1976, as the local branch of a US equipment maker.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3682\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70368755_2447270465508326_5129292666369998848_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/70368755_2447270465508326_5129292666369998848_n.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/70368755_2447270465508326_5129292666369998848_n-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/70368755_2447270465508326_5129292666369998848_n-1024x966.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/70368755_2447270465508326_5129292666369998848_n-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/70368755_2447270465508326_5129292666369998848_n-1536x1448.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0c0bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e0c0bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakerout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sas.official.ec<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d1f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"79d1f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea3a7b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ea3a7b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471703b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"471703b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/blog\/2021\/05\/02\/decorative-english-in-japanese-diving\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/70290258_2440132626222110_5332464754277482496_n-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4003\" alt=\"\" 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100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cbe1dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cbe1dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/blog\/2021\/05\/02\/decorative-english-in-japanese-diving\/\"><em>Click here for more info on decorative English, and example of its use by Japanese diving gear brands:<\/em><\/a><\/p><p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5XlldDbmMI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/blog\/2021\/05\/02\/decorative-english-in-japanese-diving\/\">Decorative English in Japanese diving<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe 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data-id=\"20201e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/diving-style\/diving-circuit\/\">back<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c7bc8 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"38c7bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/diving-style\/diving-circuit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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data-id=\"1969f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/japanese-style\/photographers-videographers\/\">Next<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2167a15 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2167a15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/japanese-style\/photographers-videographers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60714a1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"60714a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a35498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a35498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More On Japanese dive Culture<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed543d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ed543d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a47da4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a47da4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ddcc21\" data-id=\"4ddcc21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5100b4e elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5100b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/a-great-diving-nation\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Ohgushi-horizontal-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-9339\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/a-great-diving-nation\/\">Diving...in Japan?<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-967d9c4\" data-id=\"967d9c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b72f08f elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b72f08f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/#diving-japanese-style\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/ph02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-3671\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/#diving-japanese-style\">Japanese Style?<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0232d54\" data-id=\"0232d54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c616702 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c616702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/history\/ama\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Ama4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-8882\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/history\/ama\/\">History<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3d3429\" data-id=\"a3d3429\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/culture\/japanese-style\/photographers-videographers\/\">photographers<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-630501a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"630501a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f447825\" data-id=\"f447825\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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