| 1 | Hokkaido is one of the residences of A'YiNu people. | |
| 2 | Today, only vestigialcommunities of Ainu survive. | |
| 3 | Little about the Ainu are taught in Japanese schools. | |
| 4 | The Ainu settlers in Hokkaido are the last remnant of a prehistoric race. | |
| 5 | Shiretoko's original inhabitants, the Ainu, had referred to the peninsula as the end of the world. |