Kenji is not Ainu but when he was younger he felt in love with an Ainu woman and with Ainu culture. Today he is engaged in preserving Ainu language working at the Ninutabi Ainu Cultural Museum and teaching a special class at a local elementary school.
Kenji is just an example of how Japanese people recently understood the importance of Ainu culture as part of the national cultural heritage and are today taking actions to preserve it.
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