Upopoy is the Ainu term for “singing in a large group”. The new complex also features a traditional village, or kotan, and a memorial facility to honor the deceased. The National Ainu Museum ...

The immediate predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern Japan, occupied the site. Many archeologists consider the Ainu to be the last living descendants of the Jomon ...

Exploring the presence of her traditional Ainu culture in contemporary life is central to the work of Mayunkiki (born 1982), an artist, language teacher, musician and cultural worker from ...

One Ainu group is petitioning the force and the ... Dec. 1 to be displayed on the vertical tail wings of its aircraft. It features a brown bear’s head, a bird’s feathers and an arabesque ...

She becomes the first Ainu student to enter a vocational education ... “Kamui no Uta” features actress Mizuki Yoshida, who appears in the TV drama “Dragon Zakura” (Dragon cherry blossom ...

The resort features four gondolas and 14 lifts ... a mountain of spiritual significance to the Ainu, the indigenous people of Hokkaido, as well as Lake Toya. Skiing and snowboarding lessons ...

An invaluable record of Ainu culture is finding an international audience almost 100 years after it was first published. "Ainu Shinyoshu," or "Collection of Ainu Songs of Gods," compiled by author ...

While on the island, he creates a transcript of the language of its indigenous inhabitants, the Ainu people. Piłsudski is much better known there, as in Poland he is greatly overshadowed by his ...

After centuries of forced assimilation, Japan’s indigenous Ainu population, language and culture are emerging once more thanks to anime, the country’s thriving sub-cultures and YouTube.

Yet the relationship between the Jomon and the Ainu is anything but straightforward. Sometime around A.D. 600 to 700 in Hokkaido, rectangular pit-houses suddenly appear, and a new type of ...