Head east on Japan’s northernmost island for snow fairies, snow canoeing and an unbeatable winter holiday, writes Terry Ward Two things can be true at once. You can plan a rewarding winter trip ...

A film inspired by the story of a young Ainu woman who translated into Japanese an epic poem passed down orally among the indigenous people of Hokkaido will soon have a wide domestic release.

“Kon Kon” features Oki and Rekpo on another traditional Ainu instrument, the mukkuri, which is played by placing a vibrating reed inside the performer’s mouth like a Jew’s-harp, with the ...

Before the tour ended, I got a lesson in playing the mukkuri, a mouth harp made from bamboo. Takiguchi suggested that "hearing the mukkuri resonate in the middle of the quiet forest gives you the ...

In particular, it’s a great opportunity to hear the sounds of traditional Ainu instruments, including the mukkuri, a type of mouth harp, and the tonkori, a plucked string instrument. The Kamuy Lumina ...

Provided by (public foundation) The Foundation for Ainu Culture In the Interactive Gallery, visitors can enjoy traditional Ainu dances and mukkuri (a kind of mouth harp) performances. Ainu traditional ...

Obihiro and Kushiro regions — as well as a performance using a mukkuri mouth harp. About 20 people who are engaged in passing down traditional Ainu performances gathered from across Hokkaido to ...

There is no way to mass-produce the traditional musical instruments of Siberian indigenous peoples – the sound will never be quite right. If you order an instrument from a craftsman, you might ...