One can recover the resulting carbonized seeds by sampling soil from ancient hearths ... predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern Japan, occupied the site.

Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan. The area has long been home to a concentrated population of Indigenous people, the Ainu ...

The Ainu, an indigenous people predominantly living in northern Japan, have a distinct language and rich cultural traditions. Although Hokkaido has the largest Ainu population, thousands also live ...

SAPPORO--The remains of four Ainu indigenous people were returned to Japan on May 8 from Australia where they had been taken for research purposes prior to 1940. Records show the remains of one ...

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.

Through the Miriwoong-Ainu Language and Culture Exchange Project, the Indigenous communities of Miriwoong in Australia and Ainu in Japan are ...

There were a number Ainu dialects in the past ... God’s Realm There was great reverence for the Mountain God in ancient Japanese culture, and the park’s most memorable site, Mount Daisen ...

Before Hokkaido was Hokkaido, it was known to mainland Japan as Ezo. Further back still, indigenous Ainu communities referred to the northern expanse as Ainu Mosir, a name they had used for untold ...

The British Museum, known worldwide, is featuring an Ainu girl character on its advertisement for an upcoming manga exhibition. The use of the Japanese popular manga character sparked a buzz on ...

The Ainu believe that the world rests on the back of a giant trout, that otters caused human beings to be flawed, and that seeing an owl fly across the face of the moon at night is cause for great ...

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.

In the southern part of the island he meets the Ainu people. Because of their appearance, they are scathingly called the ‘shaggy people’ by the Japanese and the Russians. Bronisław, however, treats ...