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A 1.2km night walk through the forest by Lake Akan, wired with lights, projection mapping, and sound into an Ainu legend you carry a glowing staff through — the world's first Lumina night walk inside a national park.
Hokkaido's largest Ainu settlement, a lakeshore street of 30+ carving and embroidery shops run by the roughly 120 people who live there, plus Japan's first theater built solely for Ainu dance.
