Kumaishi’s Townscape and the Sea of Japan

Kumaishi’s Townscape and the Sea of Japan

Yakumo Town Community Exchange Center: Kumaishi Hall

MAP No.3 [Yakumo Town Community Exchange Center: Kumaishi Hall／Kumaishi’s Townscape and the Sea of Japan Bird’s-eye View Signboard]

Built in 2015, this serves as the central community facility for the Kumaishi area. The facility includes a 300-capacity assembly hall with a stage, meeting rooms, creative and training rooms, study rooms, and a room for cooking lessons.

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Bird’s-eye View of Ainu Language Place-names

Kamu-yu

Kaminoyu

Upper hot springs

Panke-ru-pes-pe

Namari River

Lower route / River with a lower crossing over mountains

Penke-ru-pes-pe

Penkerupeshupe River

Upper route / River with an upper crossing over mountains

Kamuy-e-roski

Mount Obokodake

Place with a standing group of gods.
Place where the gods stand.

Hopepo-nay

Hopepo River

Place where an Ainu elder named Hopepo lives

Tu-petoma-i

Tobetomari

Forked path

Shuruk-ta-ush-hattar

Shuruk-ta-ush-hattar

Pool where aconite roots are always gathered

Tuwar-pet

Towarubetsu River

Lukewarm river

Menash-un-mat-kenas

Menash-un-mat-kenas

Woodland plain where there were women from the East

Sey-o-pet

Seiyobetsu River

River where there are many shells

Yam-wakka-nay

Nanmakka

Cold, drinkable water/marsh

Supki-nay

Sekinai

Cogon-grass marsh / Place with abundant cogon-grass

Kuma-us-i

Kumaishi

Place with a fish-drying rack

Pira-ta-san-nay

Hiratanai River

River that flows toward the cliffs

Kene-us-i

Kennichi, Kennichi River

Place with a cluster of alder trees

Aynu-oma-nay

Ainumanai

Place where the Ainu live

I-kus-un-sir

Okushiri

Island across on the other side

Muk-nisey(Muan-nisey)

Muk-nisey (Muan-nisey)

The far precipice

So-ran-pira

So-ran-pira

Cliff where a waterfall flows

Chirai-hattar

Chirai-hattar

Stringfish pool

Shuruk-ta-us-nay

Shuruk-ta-us-nay

Marsh where aconite roots are always gathered

Late Edo Period Bird’s-eye View of Kumaishi Area (Kuma-us-i)

You can view a bird’s-eye view from the late Edo period. The image will scroll horizontally.

Late Edo Period Bird’s-eye View of Kumaishi Area
“Ezo Reki Kenshin Zu” (Verified Map of the History of Ezo), Hakodate City Central Library Archives

■Kumaishi’s Townscape and the Sea of Japan

Kumaishi Hall

Kumaishi-unseki-cho 135, Yakumo-cho, Futami-gun, Hokkaido 043-0416

Yakumo Town Community Exchange Center: Kumaishi Hall

Approx. 50 mins by car from downtown Yakumo

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