Naraki continued showing us around the Ainu kotan (village ... is visible at events like the annual Marimo Festival at Lake Akan and the Shakushain festival in Shizunai; and in groups like ...

Local hotels like Akan Yuku No Sato Tsuruga, where the adventure outfitter is based, have extensive bathing facilities for post-adventure relaxation. The Ainu Kotan community. The Lake Akan area i ...

As well as being an area of wild natural beauty and a hot springs haven, Lake Akan is home to one of the very few Ainu kotan (villages) in Japan. The Ainu people are the earliest inhabitants of ...

Lake Akan About an hour’s drive north of Kushiro lies Lake Akan Ainu Kotan, a sacred, lakeside settlement home to Hokkaido’s Indigenous Ainu peoples. More than 100 live in the area, many of ...

an important event in Ainu Kotan. Shige, who lives in Shiranuka, more than 80 kilometers from Lake Akan, also participated in this festival. Shige is the president of the Shiranuka Ainu ...

Torii gates at the entrance to Akan ... the Ainu have maintained their own language, crafts and cultural practices. And one place where their arts and crafts can be found is Ainu Kotan, a village ...

a huge seafood market and the home of the Ainu indigenous culture. Sightseeing boat tours are the best way to explore the lake and the hot springs village. Photo: PIXTA/kiki Akan town in Kushiro is a ...

Owner of the Ainu folk art shop Cinita ... manga benefits the retailers of Akan Kotan. The small shopping area is located next to the Akan Volcanic Lake, famous for the moss balls that grow ...

In 1980, the locals living near Lake Shikaribetsu in the Daisetsuzan mountains of Hokkaido decided to create a kotan, translated as “village” in Ainu, the indigenous language of Hokkaido. Once ...