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"ITTEKYU" calendar project.
July's project is...
It's been a while.
It's not "it's been a while"!
"ITTEKYU" hasn't been released for a year!
"Ocean's Kaneko" has come to a forgotten place.
Recently, "Ocean's-chan" has appeared.
"Ocean's-chan" has appeared.
"Ocean's-chan" has made a great picture, too.
However!
I am the one who has the largest scale!
Besides that, today's topic is...
"Bubble net feeding".
That is, in Alaska's very limited area,
an ocean swordsman, Zato Whale,
has raised his head and caught ten fish in a row,
and is in a hunting of a large number of small fish.
- Incredible! - The way in which he captures that scene is...
Kaneku's goal is to be featured in animal shows all over the world.
He has a chance to take a picture of a whale, even if it's just one.
Is there still such a thing?
There's still more. There's only one.
If you take it, it'll end.
Will Kaneku be able to capture the so-called highest wave?
5,500 km away from Japan.
July edition of "ITTEQ" calendar project.
Whale hunting and bubble net feeding in America.
Juno, Alaska.
This is where the bubble net feeding takes place.
A powerful basket to hold it in front of the camera.
Professor Fred, marine biologist.
First of all, it's pretty difficult to capture the bubble net feeding on camera.
That's why this "Oceans Kaneku" is...
Just shut up and listen to me.
The area where the bubble net feeding takes place is extremely wide.
In many cases, the phenomenon ends in an instant.
That's why all crews rent several ships and shoot for a long time.
How many ships do you have?
One ship and four days.
What do you mean, "one ship"?
Well, it can't be helped. Everyone has their own circumstances.
But let me give you a reference.
When NHK came before, they spent more than a month chasing the bubble net feeding.
Honestly, we're losing in budget and scale.
But we don't lose in our desire to see the bubble net feeding.
All right, if you say that much, let's cooperate.
But your time in the studio is not bad at all.
We won't waste even a second of it.
We'll stay on the boat until we can shoot.
Of course! I love the sea!
Let's go to the sea!
Yes, this time too, we won't lose to the NHK just in our feelings.
The fun of the budget, the patience of the wife, and the old plan compensated by narration.
Nice to meet you.
A mysterious phenomenon - bubble net feeding.
The great voyage to pursue it has begun.
A mysterious phenomenon - bubble net feeding.
The great voyage to pursue it has begun.
They will head north and south for 240km, west and east for 15km.
Alaska - Chatham Strait.
These bubble nets are born and raised in Hawaii in winter and feed in Alaska in summer.
About 500 of them come to Chatham Strait.
The mother of the bubble net takes her newborn baby and travels 4,800km.
For two months before arriving in Alaska,
the baby is always careful not to be attacked by sharks and other predators, so they don't eat any feed.
They lose up to two-thirds of their weight.
They are hungry, so they aim for the bubble nets that make a crowd in summer.
The bubble nets gathered in Chatham Strait go beyond the river.
From thousands of them to tens of thousands of them,
a small sound from the leader controls the herd.
Even if it's a grasshopper whale,
it's a difficult task to catch and escape from it.
That's where you can corner it with teamwork.
The grasshopper whale's hunting method is brilliant.
First, one grasshopper whale
swims under the herd of grasshoppers, spitting bubbles.
The bubbles surround the grasshopper like a curtain.
It's called "bubble net".
With this, the grasshopper is cornered in the middle of the bubbles and close to the water's surface.
Now, it's ready.
The grasshopper whale, which was hiding,
goes beyond the herd and climbs up at once,
killing all the prey.
This is what we call "bubble net feeding".
According to my research,
this phenomenon only occurs in Chatham Strait.
Moreover, only about 25 grasshopper whales master this method of hunting.
The most common techniques of hunting are
from parents to children and grandchildren,
and only limited number of grasshopper whales know how to do it.
That's why it's difficult to see it.
It's been a year since I appeared in "ITTEKIWI".
If I fail this time, I won't be able to do it again.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Do you want to be cornered that much?
No matter what, let's make the project a success.
Let's do our best!
Let's do it!
We won't distract you!
Distracting is against it!
This year, the "bubble net feeding" is witnessed
in Pavlov Harbor, 100 km south.
It's a six-hour voyage.
It's unlikely you'll see whales until you reach Tabloff Harbor.
While you're at it, let me finish my meal.
It's been a four-day voyage.
When you want to relax, you relax.
But suddenly, you get a message.
We've spotted a whale.
It's heading that direction.
Things get out of hand.
It's a bad night's sleep. Team Oceans.
Cameraman Iwasa desperately remembers what he's doing right now.
He's heading towards the whale in a daze.
There's one more over there!
One, two, three!
Four! There are four of them!
It's a bad night's sleep. Team Oceans.
Remember.
You're catching whales.
There are so many of them!
Whales usually act on their own.
The ones that are in a daze are the ones with the bubble net feeling.
It's a bad night's sleep.
Before they miss that moment, two cameras stick to the whale.
Anyway, they don't have enough people.
Kaneko is in charge of taking calendar photos.
With this, Kaneko doesn't appear in the calendar, but there's no question about it anymore.
It's a bad night's sleep.
Team Oceans.
But the distance is far.
Captain, can't you get a little closer?
If you get close with this ship at once, whales will be surprised and run away.
You have to approach carefully.
This is frustrating.
Here, the situation changes.
Oh, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming!
The whale suddenly changes direction and heads for the ship.
Oh, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming!
Look, there's a huge fish flock under the ship.
The whale is heading here.
This is their first and only chance.
Will they be able to do it?
Oh, it's sinking!
The whale's lead is about six minutes.
The timing for the whale to eat Nishin is six minutes after it surfaced.
The whale has sunk and is heading for Nishin.
Will they be able to do it?
Oh, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming!
Oh, it's coming, it's coming!
The whale has sunk and is heading for Nishin.
It's waiting.
It's coming.
It's about time.
Oh, no!
The bubble net feeding failed.
But it was only for tomorrow.
Oh, no!
In the end, this is the only time we were able to confirm the bubble net feeding on this day.
With this small boat, we can't read the whales' movements.
I won't say anything bad. Let's charter a smaller boat right now.
That way we can get closer without being noticed by the whales, and we can search in two separate ways.
Wow! We've been waiting for you!
It was a painful expense.
Even so, for 250,000 yen for three days, we lost to 220,000 yen for five days.
From now on, we're all going to sleep here.
In the narrow boat, all of the staff are sleeping on the boat.
The only woman, Akari Hayashi, is Kaneko's manager.
It's just right, isn't it?
Yes, it looks good.
I'm going home.
I'm a woman, so I'm going to my room. Excuse me.
We said Kaneko didn't need a manager.
But Hayashi didn't give up.
Day two of the challenge.
The search starts at 5 a.m.
In this season, the sun rises in Alaska at 4 a.m. On the other hand, the sun sets at 10 p.m.
You can search for whales for 17 and a half hours a day.
225,000 yen is also profitable at this time of year.
Today, we will look for whales while going further south along the Chatham Strait.
There is a lot of information we don't need.
I want to catch it today.
However, even if I can catch it today, I won't get my boat fare back for the next two days.
That's a pity.
Welcome.
Today, we will look for whales while going further south along the Chatham Strait.
We are now at Pabloff Harbor.
The Chatham Strait is 15 kilometers wide.
The two layers separate east and west, descending south and searching.
The movement happened at 10 a.m.
There it is! There it is! There it is!
It's blowing salt!
Kaneko caught sight of the whale.
It must be a hit.
It approaches at full speed.
It's fast! It's fast!
Anyway, there aren't many chances.
There it is! There it is! There it is!
There it is!
It's big! It's big!
It's about 15 meters wide.
After this, whether or not we will meet up with the herd, we can only observe.
A handful of whales feed on bubble nets.
Most of them hunt alone.
What about the whales we found?
Look! It's coming out!
It's coming! It's coming!
It's a bubble!
It's coming!
It opened its big mouth and surfaced to the water's surface.
It was eating a small shrimp around the water's surface.
Unfortunately, it's a whale that only hunts on its own.
Alright, next! It's the next challenge!
It took more than 17 hours to create.
This was the only time it encountered a grasshopper whale.
Project Day 3
I saw it! It blew its tail!
Even today, only grasshopper whales are found.
We chase them for every single possibility.
It's no use chasing it. It won't join the herd.
It repeats itself all day long.
It was really played with by whales.
In the pouring rain, it spent 17 hours on a boat with nowhere to run.
Its energy and physical strength were reaching their limits.
Again, it spent 6 hours until the sun rose.
It regained its strength.
I want to take a shower.
Only your head?
No, I don't want to take a shower.
It's too much work.
I'm sorry.
Are you a woman?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Help me!
Is it okay to take only grasshoppers or not?
We asked the manager, Hayashi, if we could take only grasshoppers.
He was enjoying the storm.
This is how they faced their last day.
We will definitely take the bubble net!
No matter what, we want to get results!
Wow, it's completely white!
But...
There is no fog and no visibility.
Searching in the fog...
It's white and you can't even tell if it's whale or not.
Professor Fred stays in the bubble net and collects information as soon as he gets it.
Everyone is doing their best.
On the other hand...
A small boat...
Professor!
Yes?
The geographic you just saw...
Yes?
It's 120 degrees above sea level.
What?!
It's completely different, isn't it?!
Is it recorded?
No, it's not.
If we record it like this...
Our team...
The Ocean's team is amazing, you know?
All right...
The wind is getting stronger, you know?
The world-famous media that makes you say things to the wind.
I'll show you the menu.
It's a payback!
At that moment...
Professor Fred contacted us.
We found a group of whale whales in the north!
Please head north!
We did it!
Let's go! Let's go!
They head north at full speed for three hours.
Three hours?!
There it is! There it is!
There are a lot of whales!
One, two, three...
There are a lot of whales!
Four...
Are there more?
There are more! There are more!
We did it! We finally met them!
After hearing about the whales, the boats gather.
But, fortunately, the boats from the National Geographic are not coming.
We have won against the world's media.
A good flow is coming.
Two whales are jumping at the same time.
A precious scene has been captured by the camera.
The rest is a bubble net feeding.
But it eliminates difficulties.
In Alaska, when there are multiple boats around a whale,
there is a rule that you must not approach within 90 meters of the whale.
If you want to capture an impressive scene, you have to get closer to the whale.
We waited for two hours.
Still, there is no bubble net feeding.
Still, there is no distance between us.
It was at that moment.
Suddenly, a circle appeared in front of the boat.
It is a bubble net that whales wear.
It is in front of us!
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Right now, Zato whale is pushing a group of Nissin whales with a bubble net.
This is no doubt.
Bubble net feeding will occur.
It is dangerous as it is.
Stay away from the bubble net.
The boat is changed and kept at a certain distance.
Will Nantoumo whales really show themselves?
Please!
We waited for that moment with a bubble net.
Is it coming from the left?
Or from the right?
A strange presence is approaching.
And...
They finally saw it.
Bubble net feeding.
Ten of them.
A huge octopus whale surfaced from the sea.
It ate two of the fish.
After four days of persistence, they finally succeeded in filming it.
A sea creature drama.
The whale flock started to look for their next prey and started swimming.
It's coming! It's coming! Wow! Big! Big! Big! Big!
Be quiet!
The fact that our boat is here doesn't change anything.
Oh my god! Oh my god!
This day, Zato Kujira repeated the bubble net feeding many times.
He is practicing his technique to pass it on to younger generations.
Here it comes! Here it comes! Bubble net feeding!
Baby whales learn how to live in this place.
At the end of summer, they leave their mother and go on a journey to a large sandy beach.
Then, they come back here and catch bubble nets by the method taught to them.
Now, let's see how they catch them!
Zato Kujira caught 10 bubble nets with one picture.
I didn't know it would be such a hard battle.
I dream and dream and dream every day for 17 and a half hours a day.
So, this July's calendar is this picture.
Oceans Kaneko released the result.