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Mukkuri making
Also known as a mouth harp, the mukkuri is a traditional musical instrument
of the Ainu. Learn how to make and play the mukkuri , and take home your
instrument as a souvenir.
Range of participants: 1 - 300, Fees: 500 yen(Child 350 yen),
Time required: 60 min, Reservations necessary, Available throughout
the year
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Playing the Mukkuri
The mukkuri can then be taken home as souvenirs.
Range of participants: 1 - 300, Fees: 500 yen(Child 350 yen),
Time required: 30 min, Reservations necessary, Available throughout
the year
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Ainu-design carving and embroidery
Hands-on carving (carve an Ainu design onto a coaster). Hands-on embroidery
(embroider a coaster or bookmark-size piece of cloth made from tree bark).
Finished products can be taken home as souvenirs.
Range of participants: 1 - 300, Fees: 1000 yen(Child 1000 yen),
Time required: 60 min, Reservations necessary, Available throughout
the year
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Sampling traditional dishes
Sample traditional Ainu cuisine, including everyday dishes such as chepuohau
(salted salmon and vegetable broth) and chimachep (spit-roast salmon)
or special ceremonial and celebratory dishes such as menkuruchisassue
(millet rice), shito (dumplings), as well as medicinal kakidoshi (ground
ivy) and sugina (horsetail plant extract) teas.
Range of participants: 10 - 250, Fees: 1000 yen(School student 800
yen), Time required: more than 30 min, Reservations necessary,
Available throughout the year
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Experience traditional Ainu dance
Fourteen songs and dances have been handed down from generation to generation
in the Shiraoi region. Experience the representative iyomante rimse while
wearing traditional Ainu dress.
Fees: 200 yen (Child 200 yen), Time required: more than 30
min, Reservations necessary, Available throughout the year
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Lectures by a Traveling Curator
Lectures given on Ainu culture, customs, history and the like.
Fees: More than 30,000 yen, Time required: The venue and theme
of the lecture can be varied according to requests. Reservations necessary,
Available throughout the year
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