Did you know that there is an ethnic group called the “Ainu people” [Notes 1-2] in Hokkaido, the Tohoku region, and parts of Russia? While the Ainu population is low among Hokkaido residents, they continue to maintain their ethnic identity. For example, a National Ainu Museum and Park called Upopoy was established in Shiraoi as a space for ethnic coexistence [Note 3].

Recently, an Ainu group living in Chitose established a signboard called “Shikotsu-ior” to further promote Ainu cultural preservation [Note 4]. Chitose City has provided some of its city-owned land to the Chitose Ainu Association as a place to cultivate trees necessary for traditional Ainu rituals and crops for Ainu cuisine [Note 5]. The land has now been named “Shikotsu-ior,” and a signboard has been erected for the land.

The situation for the Ainu people is certainly not easy, but there is a law called the Ainu Culture Promotion Act [Note 6], so it would be great if the Ainu people of each region, not just Chitose and Shiraoi, could live with pride in their identity.

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Note 1:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people
Note 2:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200519-japans-forgotten-indigenous-people
Note 3:
https://ainu-upopoy.jp/en/
Note 4:
https://www.chitoseainu.com/entry.php?eid=308622
Note 5:
https://www.stv.jp/news/stvnews/kiji/sta9760b2b9994475bbfe02c5aeb0a5046.html
Note 6:
https://www.ainu-assn.or.jp/english/summary.html
Note 7: