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  2. File:Map of Ainu in Hokkaido.svg - Wikipedia

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    Own work, based on "Historical and present distribution of Ainu in Japan and the Russian Federation - W.Dallmann & K.Uzawa, April 2007" map from ANSIPRA: Author: ArnoldPlaton: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Map of Ainu in Hokkaido de.svg

  3. File:Ainu map.svg - Wikipedia

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    Map of Traditional Ainu Settlement Areas Shibatani, Masayoshi. The Languages of Japan(1990) 日本語: ...

  4. Uchiura Bay - Wikipedia

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    Due to the eruptive activity, they labeled the bay as "Volcano Bay" in September 1796. Commander Broughton and his crew mingled extensively with the Ainu and Japanese living around the bay while they surveyed the bay's coastline. At a dinner they exchanged maps with the Japanese and conversed using Russian. [2]

  5. Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    Hokkaido (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō, pronounced [hokkaꜜidoː] ⓘ, lit. ' Northern Sea Circuit; Ainu: Ainu Moshiri ') [2] is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. [3]

  6. Ainu people - Wikipedia

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    The planned location for one of the dams was across the valley floor near Nibutani village, [164] the home of a large community of Ainu people and an important center of Ainu culture and history. [165]

  7. Otaru - Wikipedia

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    The very small remaining part of the Temiya Cave contains carvings from the Zoku-Jōmon period of Ainu history, around A.D. 400. Mount Akaiwa (Northwest part of Otaru) is memorialized in the Ainu tradition in the story of Sitonai , village chief's teenage daughter who had slain a white snake from the mountain's cave that demanded sacrifices of ...

  8. Shiretoko Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The name Shiretoko is derived from the Ainu word sir etok, meaning "the end of the Earth" [1] or "the place where the Earth protrudes". The towns of Rausu and Shari are found on the peninsula. The Shiretoko Peninsula was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, in recognition of the peninsula being the southernmost point where sea ...

  9. Category:Ainu geography - Wikipedia

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