Siretoknot Paye=an Nankor.

Shiretoko, the world’s end, seated on magma

There is a real sense of being on the edge of the earth when we arrive in Shari, at the entrance of the Shiretoko national park, which in Ainu language literally means “the end of the earth” or &la…

Siretok not paye=an nankor.

(I suppose we are going to Shiretoko Peninsula). My brother and his family will bring me along soon.

Onuman ram siyeye ya? Henne sonno wen.

(Twilight's mentally ill? That's not very bad.) Mentally disabled or not, she's not a bad character.

autistic twilight sparkle moodboard!

I'm glad someone brought these difficulties to light, because here in Mongolia can get similarly xenophobic. A few teachers and some students in my school years have made snide remarks about me working to overtake the academic scores upon finding out my hafu lineage. Luckily, since my mother's Japanese, me & my siblings got off fairly lightly. But upon coming into Japan, although we were stared at from time to time, we never really experienced racism within or corresponding discrimination. They knew that we weren't full blooded, but few problems came by even in Japanese only areas. Here's what my worst experience was for discrimination:

 A girl I met back in grade 9 asked me out for dinner & a movie in Darkhad offered to hitch me a ride to my ger, & her dad came up the dark gravel road in a bright blue jeep, we got around to sharing more about our lives. When I shared that my mother was a shrine keeper's daughter, his mood lit up, until I revealed that she's Japanese. By then, a glint appeared in his left eye, & he revealed that he was part of Dayar Mongol, leaving me shivering under my hat. About midway to my home, he reached for my neck, & snarled at me in a chilling way in an already cold night. He warned me if I dare take his daughter as a permanent date, that he'll slit my stomach in cold blood. From then on, I rarely revealed my truth except with close friends & if I'm with the date girls often enough or are close enough.

By high school graduation, things more or less smoothed out even when I met who turned out nationalist since I looked enough the part to pass by without danger even in bars. Me & my brother took to the bars quite frequently before he moved to Japan.

日系人

The Ainu and Early Commerce in the Sea of Okhotsk

Centuries before the Sea of Okhotsk entered Japan’s collective awareness, the Ainu were crisscrossing its waters from Hokkaidō to Kamchatka, playing a pivotal role in the region’s lively cultural and commercial interaction.

If only these former ties could be reestablished through peaceful means, especially with Alaska involved. It was even said that the Kuril Ainu traded as far away as with the Aleutians & nearby.

What started with ethnic tensions, could turn into this turbulent time. Nowadays, the previously unsafe becomes a pleasant vacation spot. Please watch this & another documentary titled «Sri Lanka's Killing Fields» to get both sides.

Lies Agreed Upon

If you really want to know more Sri Lanka and the terrorism that overshadowed it for the past 40 years, and a bit more about Sri Lanka, take the time to watch this documentary.

Tonci tono pake pirka ne, korkay niste kewtum nankor.

(The Nivkh chief is smart, but it will be hard.) Same word order used in Ainu as in my home language, but even so I’ve gotten a little rusty on it.