Από το αρχικό άρθρο: 'By now however, you might be wondering why you’re seeing so many naked ladies. The modern wetsuit did not become available until the late 1950s and the cotton costumes available were uncomfortable for the women when wet and made them feel much colder when out of the water than if they wore nothing. A naked body will soon dry through its own body heat, but wet clothing will keep the body wet, take far longer to dry and will feel very cold in the slightest wind. Most Ama took to diving in nothing more than a tiny loincloth and mask.After the Second World War however, as tourism in Japan grew, outsiders began to comment on their nakedness and Ama divers were eventually forced to cover-up. But here, Yoshiyuki captured the last precious moments of a tradition that would soon begin to disappear, “the simple, even primitive beauty of the Ama.”'Οι Ιάπωνες δεν είχαν ποτέ πρόβλημα με το γυμνό σώμα (βλέπε onsen, δημόσια λουτρά etc.) Τη ζημιά τους την κάνανε οι δυτικοί με τον πουριτανισμό τους.