From here, his Indigenous people, the Ainu, once used spears and nets to catch the salmon they regarded as gifts from the gods. Under Japanese law, river fishing for this salmon, an essential part ...

Admired for their height, beauty, and remoteness, the Ainu refer to this cluster of volcanic peaks as Kamui mintara (The playground of the gods). The sculpture tells the story of people, gods and ...

In the later stages of the event, participants offered food and liquor to the ancestors outside of the cise, and showed their gratitude to the "kamuy," or gods of nature in the Ainu culture ...