The Ainu, the white Japanese
Among the ancient populations of the Europoid race present on the Asian continent, a lineage still exists today in Japan with Western facial features and customs
The Ainu are an ancient people whose origins are still difficult for official archaeology to trace. The name of these people simply means "men" and they are characterized by white skin, light eyes, thick body hair, and unkempt beards. However, unlike other ancient Indo-European peoples such as the Tocharians, Scythians, Kurgans, Celts, etc., the Ainu are shorter in stature, probably because over the centuries they mixed with Australoid peoples.
Currently, the Ainu inhabit northern Japan, specifically the island of Hokkaido, which was formerly called Ezo, meaning "the Island of the Savages" in Japanese. Indeed, the Ainu were and still are referred to by modern Japanese as the savages of the north, and thus they are derogatorily called Ezo, a term equivalent to Barbarians.
Anthropologically, the Ainu, who were present throughout Japan long before the Japanese, are believed to descend from Asian populations from Siberia. They settled in the Japanese islands around 10,000 BCE, passing through the Kuril Islands via Sakhalin Island, giving rise to the Jomon culture. This group is thought to have separated from the original population and migrated eastward, later merging with other Polynesian races. Although their primitive origins remain obscure to some scholars.
Probably the Ainu share common origins with the Tocharians, Kushans, Kurgans, Pazyryk, and other Indo-European peoples of Asia that contributed to European Celtic culture.
Like these peoples, the Ainu also exhibit many cultural similarities, such as their tribal social structure.
But not only that, like the Indo-European and Celtic races, they practiced and continue to practice an animistic religion. The gods, called Kamui, correspond to different aspects of natural forces that influence human life, particularly the veneration of the Mother Goddess Amaterasu, associated with the cult of Mother Earth.
There are various major and minor deities who reside in a parallel universe.
Shinto mythology narrates that the Sun God Susanoo, the brother of Amaterasu, was exiled by their father Izanagi because he refused the task of governing the seas and committed several raids against other gods. He coupled with earthly women, producing semi-divine malevolent and violent offspring who became the first rulers of Japan. Years later, the Goddess Amaterasu decided to drive out the evil deities and have her peaceful and good descendants govern, leading them to fight against the children of Susanoo and reclaim Japan.
One of the most important aspects is undoubtedly the veneration of the Ainu totem, the Bear: as we know, the bear was the symbolic animal revered by the Celts, suggesting once again that the Celts are descendants of various races that originated in the East, in the steppes of Siberia around 7000 BCE, later passing through the Caucasus. There are also noticeable similarities in clothing between the Ainu and the Celtic and Tocharian costumes.
Over the centuries, the Japanese drove the Ainu out, waging war against them and exterminating much of the population, unjustly considered rough and barbaric but primarily feared and pushed further north.
Today, the few remaining survivors still live in the northern island of Hokkaido, referred to as the "savages of the north." Perhaps due to racism, the Ainu culture does not appear particularly savage. Consider the megalithic traces left by the ancient Ainu ancestors of the Jomon culture: these are megalithic structures, some carved into rock, resembling those found scattered around the world. Once again, we see the trapezoid-shaped door, similar to those found in Sardinia, Etruscan tombs, megalithic complexes in Europe (especially in Great Britain), South America, and many other parts of the world.
This can surely serve as further proof that a very ancient, technologically advanced white race, which originated many thousands of years ago, possibly in the antediluvian era, expanded across the world. They built megaliths, worshiped the Mother Goddess and practiced animistic religion, and after a planetary catastrophe, gave rise to various lineages and ethnicities, including the Ainu, who spread to different parts of the planet, giving rise to various languages, many of which are now extinct.
All these languages have much in common, as evidenced by the numerous terms, grammar, and syntax present in each of these cultures, such as Tocharian, Altaic, Uralic, Hittite, Celtic, Ligurian, Scythian, and Italic languages. The Ainu language has some relationships with the Altaic languages, as well as with Japanese. It was once spoken in the Kuril Islands and the southern part of Sakhalin Island.
Today, it seems that officially only a few hundred people belonging to the Ainu community speak their native language. However, in reality, many still speak it secretly and pass it on to their descendants. These descendants, however, prefer to use only Japanese in public to avoid discrimination, while they speak Ainu within their community. We should also not forget their mysterious Jomon culture, which still boasts stunning artifacts and anthropomorphic figurines.
According to some mystery researchers, these figurines depict ancient astronauts complete with spacesuits, helmets, and decorations resembling breathing tubes—these twisted rope-like decorations give the culture its name, Jomon. In reality, many of these figurines represent the worship of the Mother Goddess, very similar to the figurines from the pre-Nuragic culture of megalithic Sardinia, which represent the same deity.
Today, the Ainu still live in traditional huts called Kotan—a term that coincidentally recalls the name of one of the ancient Tocharian cities in the Taklamakan Desert. Their society is organized into tribes with a leader called Kotankorokur, who is responsible for enforcing community laws and conducting religious rituals. Young Ainu are considered adults at the age of 15.
To symbolize their manhood, boys must wear traditional clothing and grow beards, while girls traditionally tattoo their hands, lips, and arms, after which they are considered ready for marriage.
The Ainu today are among the most discriminated ethnic minorities in the world. Thanks to the efforts of human rights activists, such as former parliamentarian Shigeru Kayano, much of the original Japanese culture has been preserved and promoted by their descendants. Although they have been tourist attractions until now, the Ainu language and culture can continue to live on through awareness efforts, preserving their ancient history of ten thousand years.
