Kaihatsu
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Videomaker, independent scholar, & type designer in Japan. 在阪タイプデザイナー、動画の制作者と独立学者。 💬🇬🇧🇯🇵🇪🇸🇦🇪 Aynu'itak ponno k=eraman. Views = my own | 投稿は私個人の見解。
Osaka, Japan
Joined May 2015
I guess I should stick an intro here. I’m Kaihatsu, a UAE-born Scot working in Osaka as a type designer! I also spend a lot of time in Hokkaido visiting Ainu communities, etc. If the above thread interested you, feel free to follow. I post about Ainu culture, games, all sorts!
This morning I took part in a ceremony to honour Scotsman Neil Gordon Munro, who lived among the Ainu people of Nibutani. His research & films are of great importance to preserving Ainu culture. He also gave free medical care to the villagers. More photos to come when I get them!
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The National Ainu Museum has a special exhibition on until the 16th. Inside there were original manuscripts from Ainu writer, anthropologist and linguist Chiri Mashiho on display from his book “Introduction to the Ainu language” (アイヌ語入門) which was published in 1956.
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What I’ve learnt about winter in Hokkaido is despite what Google Maps says, most attractions and other sites are either closed or operating in limited capacity. Went to the Kitakogane Jōmon site, but the museum is closed until March and the information plaques were covered over.
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Another spot that inspired a place in Pokémon - Lake Verity, the home of Mespirit.
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@OliverJia1014 After visiting it in winter I want to come back and see it in summer too. A couple of the places I wanted to see further out of the city were buried in snow and I almost got my car stuck trying to find them.
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@jn_445 23 was actually my first birthday where I had nobody around to wish me happy birthday and I just did nothing. Went to work then came home.
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@annalikk Yeah I’m staying in one of the less fancy places so they offer breakfast but nothing else.
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@Vheten1 His orthography is outdated and differs considerably from modern Romaji spelling of the language. That and there’s apparently words in there that either got mistranslated or didn’t even exist in the first place. His work was also biased by his role as a Christian missionary.
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@Springandashura These are very slight red glows that are hard to see. Japanese uses the same word as English for aurora for this reason because they only ever had a word to refer to this dim red light. Ainu doesn’t even have a word for that.
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Of course, Pokémon fans will recognise the place as “Canalave City”.
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Winter scenery is nice but trying to drive is terrifying. Tried to go see a stone circle but of course it’s in the middle of nowhere and completely invisible in winter. Car was sliding around. Thought I was going to get stuck for a while.
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Yesterday while in an antiques shop I came across a commemorative paperweight that was made to mark the construction of this memorial.
Went to see the Kucinkoro monument in the outskirts of Asahikawa. Kucinkoro was a leader of the Kamikawa Ainu at the head of the Ishikari river, who stood up against government plans to forcibly relocate them in the early Meiji period. Ceremonies are held here to honor him.
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