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Bookmark or Share- Ainu people - WikipediaThe 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.
- Ainu | Definition, Culture, & Language | BritannicaAinu, 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.
- Japan’s forgotten indigenous people - BBCJapan’s indigenous people, the Ainu, were the earliest settlers of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. But most travellers will not have heard of them.
- Tracing the Roots of the Ainu People: Insights from Genetics and ...The Ainu are among the oldest and most recognizable of Japan's native populations. There is much debate among archaeologists, linguists, and other scholars about the Ainu people's origin and history, despite the fact that they have lived in Japan for thousands of years.
- Ainu - japan-guide.comThe Ainu (アイヌ) are a people indigenous to the lands of northern Japan. They have a cultural background somewhat different from that of the Yamato Japanese who have been inhabiting most of the rest of Japan. The Ainu populated Hokkaido, parts of Honshu, the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin, but today they live mostly in Hokkaido.
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