Nile: Passage to Egypt Nile: Passage to Egypt Nile: Passage to Egypt is a 1995 educational video game by the Discovery Channel. The game was part of a "co-promotional strategy" which involved a CD-ROM and television program of the same name being released concurrently. The game's released was tentatively scheduled for release in Spring of 1995. Players undertake an interactive journey down the Nile River through modern and ancient Egypt on an Egyptian sailing boat called a felucca. Players explore local culture and interact with customers via virtual tours. The player navigates through a series of 360 degree screens, or can also choose new
Cormorant fishing on the Nagara River a wonderful harmony on the river. Often, because the position of fishing master is a hereditary position, the helper is the fishing master's son. As cormorant fishing on the Nagara has long gone unchanged, the tools used have generally remained unchanged as well. The largest tool is the cormorant boat (鵜舟 "ubune") itself. This 13-meter boat holds the three riders, the cormorants and the night's catch. Hanging from the front of the boat is an iron basket (篝 "kagari"), which is supported by the fire pole (篝棒 "kagaribō") and holds the fire in front of the boat. That fire (篝火