Hokkaido Ainu Center, Indigenous cultural museum in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
The Hokkaido Ainu Center sits on the seventh floor of a building and displays objects, tools, and materials related to the Ainu people. Visitors can learn about their daily living practices and artistic traditions.
The center was founded in 1991 to gather and preserve the knowledge and traditions of the Ainu people for future generations. It was created as a response to the desire to document and safeguard the heritage of this group.
The center displays how the Ainu organized their daily life and practiced their traditional crafts within their communities. These objects and films show the role that these skills held in their society.
The museum is easy to reach and visitors should allow time to explore the exhibits thoroughly. The place also offers events where you can learn more about the culture in an interactive way.
Visitors can participate in workshops where they learn traditional craft techniques directly from community members. This hands-on learning makes the heritage less abstract and shows how these skills actually work in practice.
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