thumb|300px|Reconstruction of a traditional Ainu dwelling (cise, pronounced ), outside of the Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum Nibutani (), or Niptani (), is a district in the town of Biratori, Hokkaido, now in Japan. It was once known as Pipaushi, which is Ainu for "a place rich in shells" The population as of 2010 was 395 people. A particularly large proportion of the district's population is Ainu. As of 2000, over 80% of the residents were Ainu, making it the settlement with the highest percentage of Ainu residents in the country.
thumb|300px|Reconstruction of a traditional Ainu dwelling (cise, pronounced ), outside of the Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum Nibutani (), or Niptani (), is a district in the town of Biratori, Hokkaido, now in Japan. It was once known as Pipaushi, which is Ainu for "a place rich in shells" The population as of 2010 was 395 people. A particularly large proportion of the district's population is Ainu. As of 2000, over 80% of the residents were Ainu, making it the settlement with the highest percentage of Ainu residents in the country.
It is also the site of the Nibutani Dam, and the hometown of Kayano Shigeru. Nibutani is also the site of two Ainu museums, the Kayano Shigeru Nibutani Ainu Museum and the Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum, as well as the Nibutani Family Land.
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