#ainu — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ainu, aggregated by home.social.
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A group of Ainu indigenous people in Hokkaido has started a lawsuit demanding that the remains of 279 Ainu ancestors held by a state facility be returned to their descendants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/09/japan/ainu-ancestor-remains-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #ainu #indigenouspeople
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Students in the inaugural class of an Ainu craft school in Hokkaido are set to graduate soon, after completing their training to acquire skills of the Indigenous ethnic group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/26/japan/society/hokkaido-ainu-craft-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #ainu #japanesecrafts #indigenouspeople
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"All races are equal, but some are more equal than others!"
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From French-made JRPGs to American samurai epics, Japan’s influence shaped the year’s most celebrated games — even when they weren’t made there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/19/digital/clair-obscur-ghost-of-yotei-assassins-creed-shadows/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #videogames #ghostofyotei #hokkaido #samurai #ainu #nintendo #2025inreview #assassinscreedshadows #clairobscurexpedition33
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In the Ainu Home, Japan-British Exhibition, 1910 - Valentine's Postcard
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The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/society/ainu-remains-returned-britain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ainu #uk #ukjapanrelations
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The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/society/ainu-remains-returned-britain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ainu #uk #ukjapanrelations
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The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/society/ainu-remains-returned-britain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ainu #uk #ukjapanrelations
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The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/society/ainu-remains-returned-britain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ainu #uk #ukjapanrelations
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Timeless tales throw the march of ‘progress’ into relief https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/japan/history/ainu-tales-yukie-chiri/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #jomonperiod #ainu #yukiechiri #isabellabird
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Excellent interview with Joe Watkins about his new book “Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future” by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. I learned about Shakushain’s Revolt. Upopoy is the only National Museum I have not been to. Gonna get this book! 📚
#Japan #history #ainu https://newbooksnetwork.com/indigenizing-japan
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In 2020, Ghost of Tsushima gave life to an oft-overlooked slice of Japanese history. But in the new Ghost of Yotei, familiar samurai action-adventure thrills don’t quite live up to its new setting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/11/digital/ghost-of-yotei-review-game-hokkaido-tsushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #videogames #ghostofyotei #hokkaido #ghostoftsushima #samurai #ainu
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Cikap-kamuy was considered a god of plenty who, importantly, made sure that rituals were being followed properly.
His central myth also established (for the Ainu) the mountain jay and crow as birds of ill omen, and the dipper as a symbol of good fortune. -
When in doubt, dump it on #Indigenous land! But of course!!! <sarc>
In #Hokkaido, #IndigenousLand rights have added another layer to the division of opinions in Suttsu and Kamoenai over whether to host a permanent underground repository for Japan’s #NuclearWaste.
#NuclearColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousPeople #AinuPeople #Ainu #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RethinkNotRestart #FukushimaIsntOver #RenewablesNow #NuclearWaste #NuclearEnergy #Environment #Energy #Hokkaido #NoNuclearDumping #Remember311
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"The #Ainu, an #indigenous people of Japan, have a distinct culture, language, and history that set them apart from the dominant Japanese population. Historically inhabiting #Hokkaido, #Sakhalin, the #KurilIslands, and parts of northern #Honshu, the Ainu lived as hunters, gatherers, and fishers, deeply connected to nature."
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The #KurilIslands are also the home of the #Indigenous #Ainu people!
"The four volcanic islands, known in Russia as the Kurils, stretch between Kamchatka and the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
"The islands were captured by the Soviet Union from Japan in the closing days of World War II. Japan asserts territorial rights to the islands it calls the Northern Territories, and the dispute has kept the countries from signing a peace treaty
"The islands have a population of about 20,000, and the local economy is based on fishing. The Russian military has bolstered its presence in the area, refurbishing a Soviet-era air base and other outposts."
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#Listening to Sakhalin, a 2010 album by Oki Dub Ainu Band, which;
"... features Tonkori, the traditional stringed instrument of the Karafuto Ainu in a band setting with drums, bass, keyboard and heavy dub sound."
https://okidub.bandcamp.com/album/sakhalin-rock
I presume some of the songs, like Bekabeka, are in an Ainu language too. Like a blend of Japanese and Pacific triangle languages, maybe even a little like some South American languages I've heard bits of.
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In Hokkaido, Indigenous land rights have added another layer to the division of opinions in Suttsu and Kamoenai over whether to host a permanent underground repository for Japan’s nuclear waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/06/energy/hokkaido-ainu-nuclear-waste-storage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #nuclearenergy #energy #renewables #hokkaido #nuclearwaste #ainu #indigenouspeople
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Great write-up from the #BBC about #language preservation efforts in #Japan for the Indigenous language #Ainu, which has a dwindling speaker population.
Commentary from my excellent #CommonVoice colleague, Associate Professor Fran Tyers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250625-can-ai-speak-the-language-japan-tried-to-kill
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Edinburgh University returns indigenous Ainu skulls to Japan (BBC, 2025-04-30)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75dgqp5kw7o
———“Three skulls from Japan that were given to Edinburgh University in 1913 have been returned to the indigenous community where they originated.
“The remains of the #Ainu people - donated by Scottish anthropologist Dr Neil Gordon Munro - were held in the university's anatomy museum.
“Dr Munro lived and died among the Ainu while studying their culture in northern #Japan.”
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The remains of three Ainu indigenous people, which had been kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, have been returned to Japan's Ainu Association of Hokkaido and will arrive back in Japan on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/01/japan/ainu-remains-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ainu #hokkaido #ukjapanrelations #universityofedinburgh #uk #indigenouspeople #museums
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The Japanese government said that the remains of three Ainu people stored at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland will be returned to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/27/japan/uk-ainu-remains-to-be-returned-to-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ainu #hokkaido #ukjapanrelations #universityofedinburgh
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“…it would behoove the Japanese State to officially recognize the colonial nature of the annexation of Hokkaido, as well as to simultaneously acknowledge collective elements of language revitalization and reclamation such as socioeconomic standing and status of language and culture.”
This would be a real step toward supporting the Ainu of Hokkaido.
#Japan #IndigenousPeople #ainu
https://melbourneasiareview.edu.au/bridging-the-gap-between-reality-and-japans-ainu-cultural-policy/
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Lake Poroto, Shiraoi, with Mt. Tarumae way back there, overlooking.
#japan
#upopoy
#ainu
#photography
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“Ainu Puri” documentary is an engaging portrait of a contemporary Ainu family in Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/12/film/ainu-puri/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #takeshifukunaga #documentary #ainu #indigenouspeople #hokkaido
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Spurred by colonialist propaganda that called his people "a dying race," Iboshi Hokuto spent his short life in service to his belief that "only the Ainu could save the Ainu." Learn more about his efforts to preserve Ainu culture and traditions in our latest.
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In ihrem neuen Song "La Forêt" singt Maia Barouh über den Verlust der Natur und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Menschen. Dazu gibt es ein beeindruckendes Musikvideo, dass die Kultur der #Ainu in #Japan zeigt. Denn auch ihre Heimat ist bedroht. #LaForêt #Everland #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateAction #ForestGuardians
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Here's a video about a very far fetched linguistic “theory”, if you want a good laugh. The explanation of why it doesn't make sense is excellent.
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Upopoy (National Ainu Museum and Park), Shiraoi, Japan.
Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/upopoy-national-ainu-museum-and-park #Ainu #Japan #museums
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I'm noticing some problems fetching things from search, searches that appear to fetch something but don't produce the results, results missing, problems finding all results for hashtags, even things i know exist.
Adding precise link URL address in to search, says fetching yet produces no result.
Do a search on #Ainu - doesn't list this result.
Do a search on #Oki - doesn't list any result.
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Umeko Ando
Japanese folk singer in North Japan
This Ainu culture is important on the continent of Hokkaido, and its past history and culture are somewhat similar to that of Sámi folklore on music in the peninsula
It is characterized with using a stringed instrument 🪕sounds of like a harp#UmekoAndo #Ainu #Ainuculture #Japanesefolklore #folklore #Hokkaido #sami #Yoik #Joik
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Olisikohan tuohon esittelyyn ollut hyvä laittaa jotain hashtageja myös? No, laitan niitä tähän sitten. Muun muassa nämä kiinnostelevat: #kielitiede #kielet #uhanalaisetKielet #kielenelvytys #japani #hokkaido #sapporo #ainu #sosiolingvistiikka #viljely #puutarhanhoito #kaupunkipuutarha #viljelypalsta #puutarhapalsta #tomaatti #tomaatit #tohtorintutkinto #väitöskirja #väikkäri #väitöskirjanKirjoittaminen (p.s en tiedä miten tää toimii, apua)
