Japan’s Indigenous Ainu Culture Deserves Recognition blog.gaijinpot.com

The sacred land of the Kamikawa Ainu in Hokkaido offers a peek into the way of life of Japan’s original people.
They weren’t even recognized as Japan’s original inhabitants until April of 2019 when a bill was passed banning discrimination against them.
The Ainu are Japan’s original people, yet much of their culture has been lost.
Ainu history is Japanese history.
As an outsider to this community, I’m far from being an authority on Ainu life and customs.