Ninguru means, in Ainu language, a small person; ‘nin’ means shrink and ‘guru’ person.  Among Ainu people, it refers to a legendary guardian  of the forest called ‘person of wisdom in the forest’.A screenwriter, So Kuramoto, who wrote the novel  ‘Ninguru’, produced Ninguru-terrace in Furano. The terrace consists of about 10 log houses for craft shops, cafes and ateliers. Ninguru-terrace is derived from Ninguru’s wisdom and creativity and we can learn these things there.The terrace makes for a completely different kind of l shopping mall, more like a space where Ninguru can live with nature. Here, you can enjoyshopping  with a feeling of nature.You can see also the house where Ninguru lived.