Located on expansive lakeside grounds in Shiraoi, Upopoy serves as Japan's premier national center dedicated to revitalizing and sharing indigenous Ainu culture. Visitors can explore comprehensive museum exhibits that showcase traditional clothing, food, spiritual beliefs, and the community's complex historical journey. Outside, the open-air park invites you to step inside reconstructed thatched cise dwellings and experience evocative performances of traditional dance, song, and the resonant mukkuri mouth harp. It offers an inspiring and educational look into a distinctive heritage that continues to thrive in northern Japan.
- Living History & Open-Air Museums
- Indigenous Culture
- Performing Arts
- Nature
- Culture
- Lake Views
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