Traditional Ainu clothing. Ainu clothing is made from natural materials like woven fibers from trees. The garments are often ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido is well known for its world-class powder snow, delicious food and unspoiled nature. Few people outside the country, however, are ...

Indigenous student Mizuki Orita (2nd L) practices a traditional dance with members of the Ainu culture club Sapporo University AFP When Yuko Honda, a professor at Japan's Sapporo University, tried to ...

Chances are you haven’t met an Ainu speaker in Japan. After all, Google’s Endangered Languages Project puts the number of native speakers at fewer than five. But the Ainu people once populated a wide ...

Shiraoi, Hokkaido – It’s a cold February morning on the banks of Lake Poroto in Shiraoi, Hokkaido. A white blanket of ice and snow covers the water — only footprints lead toward the center of the lake ...

A film inspired by the story of a young Ainu woman who translated into Japanese an epic poem passed down orally among the indigenous people of Hokkaido will soon have a wide domestic release. The ...

LONDON, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River appeared at Japan House London in 2023/24 and welcomed over 160,000 visitors. Following a visit from National ...

This quietly observed drama follows a teenager living in a community of Ainu people in Hokkaido, Japan struggling to preserve their culture. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Indigenous student Mizuki Orita (2nd L) practices a traditional dance with members of the Ainu culture club Sapporo University – Copyright AFP Yuichi YAMAZAKI When ...