Japan builds ethnic harmony tribute to indigenous Ainu

Indigenous Ainu Teruyo Usa's daughter Ruino practices a traditional Ainu dance before performing at a folk art concert in Tokyo, Japan.

Indigenous Ainu Teruyo Usa waits for her turn to perform traditional Ainu dancing and song, backstage during a folk art concert in Tokyo, Japan.

Indigenous Ainu Teruyo Usa (R) attends a traditional ritual ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of the opening of her Ainu restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.

Ainu wooden kayaks are stored outside of Nibutani Ainu Museum in Biratori, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Wooden statues of an Ainu couple stand in front of an Ainu craft shop in the Nibutani district where several Ainu craft shops and a museum are located, in Biratori, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Lights glow in Nibutani district of Biratori where several Ainu craft shops and a museum are located in Biratori, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Ainu Araki Motoyato wears a traditional costume as he attends a memorial service for Ainu tribesmen defeated by a Japanese army in a fifteenth century battle in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan.

Ainu artist Koji Yuki (R) and his fellow Ainu Fukumoto Shoji, sit in front of a makeshift altar for a memorial service for Ainu tribesmen defeated by a Japanese army in a fifteenth century battle in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan.

Ainu wooden bowls and pasui ceremonial sticks are displayed in preparation for a memorial service for Koshamain, an Ainu military leader defeated by a Japanese army in the 15th century, in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan.

Ainu tattooist Mai Hachiya wears a traditional Ainu robe with lipstick drawn around her mouth to recreate traditional tattoos commonly worn by Ainu women as she walks downtown in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Ainu hunter Atsushi Monbetsu, 36, makes a traditional bow and arrow at his house in Biratori, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan.

Ainu hunter Atsushi Monbetsu, 36, prays to the Ainu gods after hunting a deer in a forest in Biratori, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan.