Ainu Kotan Village (Kushiro)
Japan /
Hokkaido /
Bihoro /
Kushiro
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World / Japan / Hokkaido
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The word kotan means village or community in the Ainu language, and people with Ainu ancestry in Lake Akan Hot Springs Resort account for a total of nearly 130 people in 36 households, making the area Hokkaido's largest Ainu community. The main street of the Kotan is lined on both sides with folk art stores and restaurants, and at the Onne Chise at the center of the village, visitors can watch ancient Ainu dance and listen to performances of the traditional Ainu Jew's harp, known as the mukkuri.
The word kotan means village or community in the Ainu language, and people with Ainu ancestry in Lake Akan Hot Springs Resort account for a total of nearly 130 people in 36 households, making the area Hokkaido's largest Ainu community. The main street of the Kotan is lined on both sides with folk art stores and restaurants, and at the Onne Chise at the center of the village, visitors can watch ancient Ainu dance and listen to performances of the traditional Ainu Jew's harp, known as the mukkuri.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°26'1"N 144°5'22"E
- Hokko Cemetery 43 km
- canoe tour station 48 km
- Memambetsu Airport Administration Office and Control Tower 50 km
- Oha 47 508 Passenger Car 65 km
- Abandoned ship 67 km
- Boshi-iwa 68 km
- 6-я ТОТ 118 km
- Минный склад 118 km
- Kurumaishi (A wheel shaped rock) 123 km
- SAM Site 153 km
- Oshima Island 2.2 km
- Lake Akan 2.6 km
- Jiro Lake 4.1 km
- Taro Lake 4.1 km
- Mount Oakan 6.2 km
- Mount Meakan 8 km
- Meakan Crater 8.6 km
- Mt. Fuji 9 km
- Mount Kikindake 10 km
- Lake Onneto 11 km