Ainu

HOKKAIDO: Ainu Museum--My first lesson in Ainu...
On my fourth morning in Hokkaido, I headed for the Ainu Museum in the town of Shiraoi, not far from the city of Noboribetsu to the southwest of Sapporo. As I approached the...
Exhibition explores Ainu aesthetics through art...
Traditional “ikupasuy” or prayer sticks belonging to the Hakodate City Museum are on display. (Wakato Onishi)
SAPPORO--Ainu artworks, from early traditional crafts to contemporary pieces, are on display in the first full-scale project by a museum to spotlight “Ainu art and expression....
ENJOY HOKKAIDO (12): Ainu Museum--My first lesson...
An Ainu woman sings traditional Ainu folk songs at the Ainu Museum in the town of Shiraoi. (Akira Kudochi)
On my fourth morning in Hokkaido, I headed for the Ainu Museum in the town of Shiraoi, not far from the city of Noboribetsu to the southwest of Sapporo. As I approached the...
Genetic kinship found between Ainu and native...
The Asahi Shimbun
Geneticists have identified similar inherited traits between the Ainu of Hokkaido and native Okinawans, two peoples whose homelands are geographically poles apart.
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