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Natural World - Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods, BBC Four - 2 Apr 2009

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Natural World - Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods, BBC Four - 2 Apr 2009

Natural World - Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods, BBC Four - 2 Apr 2009
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A look at the unique wildlife of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and the island's few remaining members of the ancient Ainu race, who see all animals as sacred.
Swept by winds from the high Arctic, Hokkaido is an island of towering volcanos and fairytale forests, where cranes perform dances in the snow, brown bears plunge for salmon in rivers and eagles plunder the spoils from winter fishing fleets.

The unique wildlife of Hokkaido has long been worshipped by an ancient race of hunter-gatherers, called Ainu, a few of whom still survive among modern Japanese. Even today, they honour the natural world around them through ritualised dance and prayer.