A fishermen’s big catch banner or tairyōbata is the specialty product made in Misaki City, Kanagawa Pref. It is selected as one of 100 Fine Specialty Products of the prefecture. Now, there are only a few places where the tairyōbata is made in Japan. These banners are flown from the vessels as the signal to let the families and peers who are waiting for the vessels to return to the harbor know of the big hauls of fish as soon as possible. Those banners were handmade at the town of Misaki, which has been the base for tuna fishery, since the beginning of the Meiji period. This banner was originally given as a gift to the owners of the fishing boats when a new boat was built. However, they are recently given as the gifts on various occasions such as marriage, child birth, opening of a shop, etc. Images like cranes, turtles, sea breams, Mt. Fuji, the Takarabune (the treasure ship), and Ebisu-Daikoku (the god of fishing), all of which are thought to be lucky, are painted on the banners. The tairyōbata of Misaki is an attractive marine art to represent fishermen’s spirit.