Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

The plaintiffs are from the group based in Urahoro, eastern Hokkaido, that calls itself the Raporo Ainu Nation. According to court documents, most of the plaintiffs are descendants of Ainu who ...

In eastern Hokkaido, April is the spawning season for ... Yellow fuchsia, called chiraiapappo by indigenous Ainu people, bloomed on the shore.

Sapporo miso ramen is a complex yet comforting bowl of warmth and its popularity is symbolic of the new interest in the ...

In Golden Kamuy, war veteran Saichi Sugimoto travels to the wilderness of Hokkaido with an Ainu girl named Asirpa to find a legendary stash of gold tied to the Ainu people. This travel anime ...

Hokkaido Ainu, spoken in the north of Japan, has only two native speakers left. Yet at least 30 000 people identify as Ainu. If the language is to be revived, it would take a monumental effort ...

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