Now in its closing weeks, visit Ainu Stories at Japan House London to discover the rich cultural diversity of Japan in this UK-first exploration of contemporary Ainu culture. Since the exhibition opening, Japan House London has welcomed over 100,000 visitors.
Riki Kato is on a mission to find out how a collection of famous portraits depicting indigenous Ainu chieftains of present-day northern Japan ended up on the other side of the world, in eastern France.
Paint your nails with swirling Ainu designs, try on salmon-skin shoes, sample Ainu food or stay at a themed hot-springs hotel – Hokkaido in Japan is belatedly celebrating its indigenous people.