Resonance104.4fm

Today’s Far Side Radio show is a special documentary entitled Ainu Country, written and presented by Paul Fisher, produced by Resonance104.4fm, edited by Mark Robins and commissioned by CBC Radio in Canada. The Ainu are the native people of Japan, although they were only officially recognized by the Japanese government as recently as 2008. Their music is totally different to other Japanese music and has gained popularity in the last few years within Japan and around the world, mainly due to the efforts of Oki Kano. Paul Fisher, who lived in Japan for 10 years, went back to find out more about Ainu music and to meet Oki Kano in the ancestral home of the Ainu, the northern island of Hokkaido.
Ainu Country, Wednesday 28 July, 12noon to 1pm.