Ainu Crafts and Culture in Shiraoi Town
1-DAY
DIFFICULTY
GREEN SEASON
1 day
Min. 15, Max. 25
- HIGHTLIGHTS
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- Try your hand at traditional Ainu embroidery with locals
- Learn about the meaning of unique patterns of the Ainu embroidery
- Discover and experience cultural diversity which is the aim of “Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park” and Shiraoi town
- LOCATION
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Shiraoi Town, Shiraoi District Hokkaido
Ainu craft experience
Ainu cuisine “Ohaw”
OVERVIEW
Get in a touch with the Ainu spirituality through traditional Ainu craft experience.
The Ainu people are an East Asian ethnic group, who have lived in harmony with nature in Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Tohoku and the Kuril Islands. They were actively involved in exchanges with neighboring peoples in northeast Asia, and have developed a variety of cultures, such as language, beliefs, the food culture and crafts.
To deepen our understanding, we also visit “Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park” which includes a Japan’s northernmost national museum. It was established in 2020 in Shiraoi town with the aim of the dissemination of the Ainu culture to people all over the world. In this town, a large patchwork quilt of traditional Ainu patterns is displayed, aiming to serve as a symbol of multicultural coexistence.
ITINERARY
09:00
Meet at JR Sapporo Station and drive to Shiraoi town by private bus.
10:30
Upon arrival at “Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi, you will join in a museum tour under the guidance of a descendant of the Ainu people.
12:45
Visit “Shiraoi Community Center” to enjoy Ainu cuisine lunch and Ainu craft experience.
16:00
Depart from Shiraoi Community Center and drive back to Sapporo by private bus.
17:30
Arrival in Sapporo, the end of the tour.
LUNCH
Place: Shiraoi Community Center
Details: The modern-day Ainu cuisine
Tour Operator / Contact
JALPAK Co.,Ltd
- Address
4-11, Higashi-shinagawa 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Japan
- TEL
+81 (0)3-5715- 8120
- Official web site
http://jalpak.jp/en/index.html
JALPAK is Japan‘s first overseas travel package product brand released by Japan Airlines in 1965 and travel entity, subsidiary of Japan Airlines, was established in 1969. JALPAK Co.,Ltd. has developed as a travel company for Japan Airlines and inherited the planning, sales, and operation of the JALPAK brand package tour for over 56 years. Currently, we have 12 offices in 4 cities in Japan and in 8 countries or area overseas, with approximately 800 employees to support customers all around the world.
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