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  2. Preserving Tradition: A Journey to Akan Ainu Village in Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵

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  1. The Travel Show, Japan Direct, Hunting Ainu style in Hokkaido

    When Japan colonised the northern island of Hokkaido in the 1860s, the indigenous Ainu people were made to assimilate into Japanese society. Their traditional lifestyle was banned and very little ...

  2. Japan's ultimate lesson in gratitude

    As we trekked through the forest, Takiguchi demonstrated the Ainu gratitude for the natural world, not only by talking, but by subtly doing. He knew the names of every tree, plant and animal in ...

  3. Nibutani the Ainu, Living with Kamuy

    The Ainu people are the indigenous people of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan's northernmost main island. They developed their own distinct language, history and culture, which were quite different from ...

  4. Japan's Ainu Indigenous People

    Since time immemorial, the indigenous Ainu people have inhabited the northern region of the Japanese archipelago, particularly Hokkaido. Their ancient culture includes a unique language, religious beliefs centered on deep respect for nature, traditional dances, and spell-binding rituals. The Ainu are also skilled craftspeople, with exceptional ...

  5. The Ainu People and the Hidden Wonders of Hokkaido

    Where to find Ainu culture. Your main ports of call for Ainu culture should be some of the fewer places where the remaining Ainu population live. The best in this respect is Ainu Kotan, literally meaning 'Ainu village', located on the shores of Lake Akan, and a true hub of Ainu culture whether that's cuisine, craft, performance or outdoor ...

  6. Exploring the Lands and the Worldview of Hokkaido's Ainu

    Ainu historically settled near lakes and rivers and along the coasts of Hokkaido, in kotan, small villages comprising a few dozen families. Homes (cise) were built out of wood or woven reed mats that were bound without nails. A traditional Ainu house typically had one or two rooms—depending on the size of the family.

  7. Exploring Ainu Culture and the Historical Treasures of ...

    Time travel with the Ainu through a local experience. The Adventure Hokkaido day hike in Asahikawa provides a perfect Ainu nature experience. The tour takes visitors to Japan's first Ainu museum, Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum. This museum was founded in 1916 by a private individual desperate to ensure the survival of the Ainu way of life.

  8. Ainu: A New Generation

    Izumo: Home of the Gods. *First broadcast on December 30, 2021. The Ainu are an indigenous people who live in Hokkaido Prefecture (northern Japan) and surrounding areas. Traditionally, they were ...

  9. Celebrating Ainu culture

    Celebrating Ainu culture. Sunday Dec. 6, 2020. A new national museum is putting the spotlight on Japan's Ainu indigenous people. Upopoy, a sprawling complex also known as the Symbolic Space for ...

  10. UPDATED! The Ainu

    Official Recognition by the Japanese Government. Today, only a few thousand of Japan's indigenous people remain. After many decades of discrimination, in 2008 that the Japanese government officially recognised the Ainu as indigenous people, with their own language and culture. Perhaps they will no longer be Japan's 'forgotten people'.

  11. Ainu: A National Museum of Ainu Culture

    The Ainu are an indigenous people who live in and around northern Japan. Traditionally, they are hunter-gatherers who share a close relationship with the natural world. In the first of two ...

  12. Ainu Culture

    Ainu Culture. The Ainu are an indigenous people from the northern region of the Japanese archipelago, particularly Hokkaido. The Ainu culture is distinctive, with a language that is unrelated to Japanese, a spirituality that holds that spirits dwell in every part of the natural world, traditional dances that are performed at family events and festivals, and crafts such as wood carving and ...

  13. BBC News

    Japan Direct. This Travel Show is a special from Hokkaido in Japan - looking at how, 150 years since the Japanese annexed the island, local indigenous culture has fused with traditions brought ...

  14. For years, Japan tried to keep their existence a secret, but the Ainu

    Japan's Ainu people have their own history, languages and culture. But, as the victims of colonialism, assimilation and discrimination, much of that identity has been lost. This is the story of ...

  15. Ainu Traditional Cooking: The Nexus of Food and Culture

    With this in mind, the Ainu people are reasserting their ancient cultural identity by exploring traditional Ainu dishes and their impact on Japanese cuisine, BBC Travel reports. Who are the Ainu people? The Ainu are small in number, but large in tenacity; In 2019, Japan formally recognized them as an indigenous group.

  16. Japan's Native Ainu Fight for Vestige of Identity

    July 2, 2023. Masaki Sashima gazed through the fog one recent afternoon onto the gray waters of the Tokachi River in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. From here, his Indigenous people, the ...

  17. History and Culture of the Ainu

    Self-identified Ainu man performing a traditional Ainu dance at the Ainu Museum (アイヌ民族博物館) in Shiraoi, Hokkaido - a facility run by the Ainu themselves. If you like to read more about the Ainu people, Klara recommends the articles on these four web sites: BBC Travel , Minority Rights , Wikipedia , Britannica .

  18. Japan court denies fishing rights to Ainu people

    TOKYO: A court in Japan dismissed a bid by Ainu Indigenous people to reclaim rights over river fishing for salmon, an official said on Thursday (Apr 18). It was the first court decision on ...