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Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum

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Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum

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The Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum (Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Kinenkan) is a private museum of materials relating to the Ainu in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. The museum first opened as the Ainu museum in 1916. Kawamura Kaneto took over the museum from its founder, his father Kawamura Itakishiroma, and oversaw its development, before his son Kawamura Kenichi took over in turn.

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