Hokkaido is the second-largest and northernmost of Japan's four main islands. Together with its surrounding islands, it comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The
The Former Hokkaido Government Office in Chūō-ku, Sapporo
The samurai and the Ainu, c. 1775
Matsumae Takahiro, a Matsumae lord of the late Edo period (December 10, 1829 – June 9, 1866)
The Goryōkaku fort in Hakodate
The Ainu are an indigenous ethnic group who reside in northern Japan and southeastern Russia, including Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region of Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, su
Ainu people in front of a traditional building in Shiraoi, Hokkaido.
Hokkaido Ainu clan leader, 1930
Omusha ceremony involving the Hidaka Ainu, by Hirasawa Byōzan [ja] c. 19th century