Japanese linguist Professor Kyosuke Kindaichi and his female assistant interview an elderly Ainu woman in traditional dress as her bearded husband listens to her stories inside their native home on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. They were two of only 300 pure-blooded Ainu (pronounced I-noo) still living when this historical photograph was taken in 1962. Since that time the Ainu have assimilated into Japanese society and their age-old way of life is only glimpsed today in special tourist villages. The Ainu were officially recognized as indigenous people of Japan in 2008.
Japanese linguist Professor Kyosuke Kindaichi and his female assistant interview an elderly Ainu woman in traditional dress as her bearded husband listens to her stories inside their native home on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. They were two of only 300 pure-blooded Ainu (pronounced I-noo) still living when this historical photograph was taken in 1962. Since that time the Ainu have assimilated into Japanese society and their age-old way of life is only glimpsed today in special tourist villages. The Ainu were officially recognized as indigenous people of Japan in 2008.
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Location: island of Hokkaido, northern Japan, East Asia
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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