Shirakawa

Shirakawa is a village located in , , Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri.
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  • Village with about 1,490 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 590 metres (1,920 feet)
  • Description: village in Ōno district, Gifu prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Shirakawa Mura”
    “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Neighbors
  • Established: July 1, 1889
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Shirakawa-go and Wada house.
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Shirakawa-gō, formally Shirakawa-mura, is a historic village in .
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is a museum.
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Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal is a bus station in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu in Japan.

Shirakawa

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Latitude
36.2712° or 36° 16′ 16″ north
Longitude
136.8987° or 136° 53′ 55″ east
Open location code
8Q8R7VCX+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1862744046
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7419037
Wiki­data ID
Q1203744

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Shirakawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيراكاوا”
  • Armenian: “Շիրակավա”
  • Armenian: “Սիրակավա (գյուղ)”
  • Burmese: “ရှိရခဝရွာ၊ ဂိဖု”
  • Catalan: “Shirakawa”
  • Chinese: “白川村”
  • Croatian: “Shirakawa-go”
  • Czech: “Širakawa”
  • Danish: “Shirakawa-go”
  • Dutch: “Shirakawa”
  • Finnish: “Shirakawa”
  • French: “Shirakawa”
  • German: “Shirakawa”
  • Hungarian: “Sirakava”
  • Indonesian: “Desa Shirakawa”
  • Indonesian: “Shirakawa-go”
  • Indonesian: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Irish: “Shirakawa”
  • Italian: “Shirakawa”
  • Japanese: “Shirakawa-mura”
  • Japanese: “しらかわむら”
  • Japanese: “シラカワムラ”
  • Japanese: “白川村”
  • Korean: “시라카와무라”
  • Korean: “시라카와촌”
  • Lithuanian: “Širakava”
  • Macedonian: “Ширакава (село во Гифу)”
  • Macedonian: “Ширакава”
  • Persian: “شیراکاوا، گیفو”
  • Persian: “شیراکاوا”
  • Polish: “Shirakawa”
  • Portuguese: “Shirakawa”
  • Russian: “Сиракава”
  • Slovenian: “Širakava”
  • Spanish: “Shirakawa Oono Gifu”
  • Spanish: “Shirakawa-gō”
  • Spanish: “Shirakawa, Oono”
  • Spanish: “Shirakawa”
  • Tagalog: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Tagalog: “Shirakawa”
  • Thai: “ชิรากาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Shirakawa-mura”
  • Turkish: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Turkish: “Shirakawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіракава”
  • Ukrainian: “Шіракава”
  • Urdu: “شیراکاوا، گیفو (گاؤں)”
  • Urdu: “شیراکاوا، گیفو”
  • Uzbek: “Shirakava (Gifu, qishloq)”
  • Uzbek: “Shirakava”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shirakawa Village Office and 高山警察署鳩ヶ谷駐在所.

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