Words & dialect・Hokkaido

Kamuy MintarKamuy Mintar

Also known as: カムイミンタラ

The Ainu name for the Daisetsuzan range, said to mean 'playground of the gods.' Its sweeping plateaus and alpine plants echo the Ainu worldview in which a deity (kamuy) dwells in nature itself.

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