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The Ainu Museum 2-3-4 Wakakusa Shiraoi-cho TEL 0144-82-3914 To the website With its Ainu Museum, which is the largest in Japan, this facility is famous for introducing Ainu culture. A performance of the mukkuri, an Ainu musical instrument. Traditional dances representative of the Ainu are always being displayed. In particular, the traditional dances have been designated as significant intangible folklore cultural assets of the nation. A famous Hokkaido facility, known as a base for exchanges between indigenous people around the world. |
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The facility, also known as "Porotokotan" (Poro means large; to means lake and kotan means village), is a popular destination for many visitors. |
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The Ainu Museum
The museum is situated in a unique building modeled on a chise (an old Ainu
house). The interior houses a museum specializing in everything concerning
the Ainu, where many materials and cultural assets introducing the Ainu
lifestyle culture through their clothing, food and shelter, their beliefs
and way of life, are displayed. In addition, investigations and research
into Ainu culture is also carried out at the facility, which acts as a
base for exchanges with indigenous people throughout the world, and also
exhibits materials from such cultural exchanges. |
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Museum Shop
The museum also contains a Museum Shop, where traditional Ainu crafts and
the like can be purchased. There is also an abundance of material on the
Ainu, and various types of literature and books produced by the Ainu Museum
itself, are also on sale.
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Numerous hands-on activities are available, including the making and playing of the Ainu musical instrument, the mukkuri. These are not ready-made souvenirs, but original hand-made keepsakes from which part of the joy is in the actual making. To Experience page |
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Traditional Ainu dance
Traditional dances such as the iomante rimse (sending of the bear's spirit),
the sarorun chikapu rimse (courting crane dance), etc. are designated
as significant intangible folklore cultural assets of the nation. At Porotokotan,
of these dances, the iomante rimse, along with the pirika song and mukkuri
are performed as they were in ancient times. Explanations regarding the
kotan are given regularly inside the chise (house), and traditional Ainu
dress is provided for visitors to wear while having their photos taken. |
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