Photographer helping to hand down Ainu culture with new photo book

Photographer helping to hand down Ainu culture with new photo book

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2016 shows photographer Taka Maesawa taking a picture of Megumi Kawakami (2nd from R) and her family for a new photo book documenting the life of the Ainu indigenous people in Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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