The struggle for Ainu identity

Ainu culture at the heart of Hokkaido’s mindful tourism pivot
The Japan Times, 01/04/23

“’Putting Ainu culture at the center of tourism promotion amounts to exploiting our communities as a resource,’ says Yuji Shimizu, chairman of Ainu Kotan no Kai.

The Ainu language and the global movement for indigenous rights
The Japan Times, 25/10/20

“Languages are endangered because they’ve been conquered, colonised and oppressed. Speaking them can be an act of resistance and decolonisation.”

The only Ainu restaurant in Tokyo
Gastro Obscura, 09/12/20

“Harukor serves foods from Japan’s northernmost island that colonialism nearly eradicated.“