APIA, Aleut Pribilof International Association !

by Kazu

At the beginning of this month February, 2019, I was struck by the curious fact of the similarity between the indigenous people called Ainu in Hokkaido and Aleut people in Alaska.

From Hokkaido, Ms. Tahara took part in the meeting of the tribes. Millie, Sally, George, Pauline, Dimitri, Liza and Gregory, thank you so much for receiving us so kindly.

Can you find the logo of the APIA, Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Association in the blue frame ? It is like a spiral of whirling tides that is the motif of Ainu textile in the wooden frame. I could not believe that and got goose pimples.