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 ...
Clearly, Ainu culture was far removed from the Jomon. How had this earlier characterization of the Ainu as hunters of the northern Japanese forests evolved? For one thing, few actually witnessed ...
She becomes the first Ainu student to enter a vocational education ... who appears in the TV drama “Dragon Zakura” (Dragon cherry blossom) and other titles, and veteran actor Masaya Kato.