Meet the Fukawas

 
Say “Cheese!”

I got REEELLLY frustrated with WordPress yesterday.  This new version is ten times buggier than the last, and I had to reload at least three photos and re-do a lot of text.  It does some really crazy mixing of the HTML, but rather than continue with this diatribe, I’m going to begin posting more photos from the Ainu village.  To help prevent my having to repeat effort, however, I’m going to “publish” after every two photos.  I hope that doesn’t cause undo grief for anyone with an RSS feed.

 Here are some dioramas and artifact displays depicting the traditional day-to-day life of the Ainu.

I'll NEVER get this blanket done!

 

Ainu clothing

 

I'm a flyin' fish sailor, just home from Hong Kong

Way, hey, blow the man down.  These fishermen may have no mast and rigging, but they have the one qualification common to all men of the sea: Check out the jug at the oarsman’s feet.  Could that be their alotment of the pusser’s rum?  Aye, and you may lay to that.

 

That bear hunter is going to need a bigger bow

 

Michelangelo Fukawa

One man’s art … well … whatever.  Gotta work with what you have.

Next time — the Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival) and the Susukino district.

 
 
 
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