Mie ken Prefecture is located in the central region of the Japanese archipelago towards the Pacific Ocean. Extending 170 km in a north-south direction and 80 km in an east-west direction, it has an elongated area of 5,777 km2. The nature of Mie Prefecture is rich in diversity and the different geography make Mie ken presents beautiful and contrasting landscapes, with irregular beaches, forests, mountains, cultivable valleys and climates that vary from one region to another in the same prefecture.

With a population of 1,790,376, including about 52,087 foreign citizens, approximately 14,000 Brazilians, 8,310 Vietnam, 8,277 Chinese, 7,315 Philippines, 4,309 Koreans and 3,053 Peruvians.

From a historical and cultural point of view, Mie ken is one of the richest provinces in Japan. With ancient traditions that go back to the origins of Japanese history and people, the region was called Miketsukuni (Imperial meals Country) because it was there where food was produced for the Imperial Family. In the Middle Ages the province came to be called Umashiku-kuni (Land of Delights and Beauty) and even today Mie ken has the same fame among the Japanese.

More than 7 million pilgrims annually visit the Temple of Ise, which has a curious festival held for 1300 years, every 20 years the temple, which is made of wood, is destroyed and a new one just like it is built in the same place, following ancient techniques. construction crafts. Even though the temple is in a perfect state of conservation, it is demolished and rebuilt from scratch.

On the coast near the city of Toba, an exclusively female activity has survived for millennia. The Ama (woman of the sea) are deep-sea divers without the use of specialized equipment for oyster hunting. It is not known for sure when this activity began, but there are records in the literature from the 7th century that already described the profession of Ama.