In addition to this, the land the Ainu lived on was distributed to the Wajin who had decided to move to Hokkaido, encouraged by the Japanese government of the Meiji era to take advantage of the island's abundant natural resources, and to create and maintain farms in the model of Western industrial agriculture.
Ademais, as súas terras do foron distribuídas entre os Wajin que decidiran establecerse en Hokkaido, Isto foi incentivado polo goberno xaponés da era Meiji para sacar proveito da abundancia dos recursos naturais da illa, e para crear e manter facendas no modelo de agricultura industrial occidental.