The Ainu are an indigenous people who today live mostly in Hokkaid? in northern Japan.

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Believing that deities can be found in their surroundings, the Ainu frequently use dance to worship and give thanks for nature.

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For the Ainu, dance reinforces their connection to the natural and religious world and provides a link to other Arctic cultures in Russia and North America.

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The game also draws inspiration from the book The Lost Wolves of Japan, which details the problems the Ainu faced when cattle ranchers began settling in the Ainu lands.

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Set in a fictional Ainu village (the Ainu are the bearded, lighter-skinned indigenous people of Japan) the story revolves around The Order of Akane, a group of demon hunters tasked with ridding the village of demons.

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Traditional Ainu dance is performed at ceremonies and banquets, as part of newly organized cultural festivals and privately in daily life, in its various forms, it is closely connected to the lifestyle and religion of the Ainu.

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