The Ainu are an indigenous ethnic group who reside in northern Japan and southeastern Russia, including Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region of Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai.

2023年8月22日 · The journey of the Ainu, from ancient inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago to a marginalized community and then to a recognized and celebrated part of Japanese culture, mirrors the complexities inherent in the histories of indigenous communities worldwide.

2024年12月19日 · Ainu, indigenous people of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands who were culturally and physically distinct from their Japanese neighbours until the second part of the 20th century.

2017年10月25日 · The answers: Ainu, “we are people”; and you are standing on “our homeland,” Mosir. The Ainu call ethnic Japanese Wajin, a term that originated in China, or Shamo, meaning “colonizer.” Or, as one Ainu told a researcher: “people whom one cannot trust.”

2025年1月8日 · 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 Kuril Islands, and parts of northern Honshu, the Ainu lived as hunters, gatherers, and fishers, deeply connected to nature.

Although it is believed that the Ainu culture was established around the 12th or 13th century, the first historical materials to mention the Ainu date from around the 15th century. At that time, the Ainu primarily made their livelihood by fishing, hunting and plant gathering, and also traded with people in other areas.

阿伊努 （阿伊努語： Aynu，日语： アイヌ，俄语： Айны），或譯 愛努 、 愛奴，是 日本 北方及 俄羅斯 東南方的一个 原住民族群，主要聚居在 北海道 、 庫頁島 、 千島群島 及 堪察加 等地 [1]。 在 阿伊努語 中「阿伊努」即「人」的意思，該民族分佈的地區亦稱 阿伊努茅希利，即阿伊努語中「人居住的地方」。 至今，很多阿伊努人都希望人們稱謂他們為「ウタリ」（日語 羅馬拼音：Utari，阿伊努語中「夥伴」的意思）。 在官方文獻中，「阿伊努」和「烏塔利」此兩種稱 …

Ainu culture is the culture of the Ainu people, from around the 13th century (late Kamakura period) to the present. Today, most Ainu people live a life superficially similar to that of mainstream Japanese people, partly due to cultural assimilation. However, while some people conceal or downplay their Ainu identity, Ainu culture is still ...

In northern Japan, on the main island of Honshu, and the northern-most island of Hokkaido are where the Ainu, Japan's little-known indigenous people, live. They've lived here for tens of thousands of years. But you'd be forgiven for not having heard of them before. In Japan's recent past they were repressed and sidelined.

early 20th century The Ainu are an ethnic group, distinct from the Japanese, that live today almost exclusively on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. They were traditionally hunters-gatherers and fishermen. They didn't practice rice farming like the Japanese.