It has been almost 120 years since the first diver emerged from Taneichi in Hirono Town, Kunobe District, Iwate Prefecture, where the coast faces the Pacific Ocean, and the Oyashio Current and Kuroshio Current run into each other. Nanbu moguri (diving) is well known in Japan’s diving industry. Taneichi Senior High School, located in the birthplace of the diving technique, is the only school nationwide that conducts a curriculum specifically for divers to work in underwater engineering, and continues to send out talent that will take on future ocean development.

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