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Hokkaido
10 events
Prehistoric
c. 3500–2000 BCE
Ofune settlement in southern Hokkaido
Ancient
c. 5th–11th centuries CE (regional endpoints vary)
Okhotsk culture flourishes along northern and eastern Hokkaido
Medieval
15th century
Sea-otter fur trade links Ainu communities with Honshu
Early modern
1604
Tokugawa Ieyasu grants Matsumae authority over Ainu trade
18th century
Merchant management reshapes trade at Ezochi trading posts
1859
Hakodate opens for international trade
Modern
1869
The Hokkaido Development Commission is established
1872
The 1872 land regulation expropriates Ainu-used lands
1879–1882
Horonai coal mine and railway drive industrial development
Contemporary
2020
Upopoy and the National Ainu Museum open in Shiraoi
Nearby
Aomori