Ainu dagger and manga focusing on Ainu culture

Ainu dagger and manga focusing on Ainu culture

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, shows a traditional Ainu knife called a "makiri" with a carved wooden sheath by craftsman Toru Kaizawa, alongside a volume of the popular Japanese manga "Golden Kamuy." The manga series, written and illustrated by Satoru Noda, focuses on the indigenous Ainu people in Hokkaido and their culture.

Historical Village of Hokkaido

Historical Village of Hokkaido

Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2022, shows a booth introducing the popular Japanese manga series "Golden Kamuy" at the Historical Village of Hokkaido, an open-air museum featuring relocated and restored buildings from 1868 to 1920, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan. Many of the buildings at the museum are featured in the manga written and illustrated by Satoru Noda as the story is set in Hokkaido in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

Waterfall training

Waterfall training

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Kimono-clad women

Kimono-clad women

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Mt. Fuji

Mt. Fuji

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Soba

Soba

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Sakura mochi

Sakura mochi

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