Shinhidaka

Shinhidaka is a town located in , Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 31 December 2025, the town had an estimated population of 19,785 in 1120 households, and a population density of 17 people per km2.
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  • Type: Town with 21,500 residents
  • Description: town in Hidaka district, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shinhidaka Cho”, “Shinhidaka, Hokkaido”, and “Сінхідака”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ainu Artifact museum and Shizunai Post Office.

Museum
Photo: Kakohamatugeniikou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shinhidaka Ainu Museum is a museum of Ainu materials in Shinhidaka, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Post office
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Police station
Photo: Asanagi, CC0.

Shinhidaka

Latitude
42.3416° or 42° 20′ 30″ north
Longitude
142.3686° or 142° 22′ 7″ east
Population
21,500
Elevation
738 metres (2,421 feet)
Open location code
8RJ489R9+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 361129112
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7429577
Wiki­data ID
Q1210679
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shinhidaka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شينهيداكا”
  • Asturian: “Shinhidaka”
  • Catalan: “Shin-Hidaka”
  • Cebuano: “Shinhidaka Chō”
  • Chinese: “新日高町”
  • Czech: “Šinhidaka”
  • Dutch: “Shinhidaka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شينهيداكا”
  • French: “Shinhidaka”
  • German: “Shinhidaka”
  • Hungarian: “Sinhidaka”
  • Ido: “Shinhidaka, Hokkaido”
  • Ido: “Shinhidaka”
  • Indonesian: “Shinhidaka, Hokkaido”
  • Indonesian: “Shinhidaka”
  • Irish: “Shinhidaka”
  • Italian: “Shinhidaka”
  • Japanese: “Shinhidaka-chō”
  • Japanese: “しんひだかちょう”
  • Japanese: “シンヒダカチョウ”
  • Japanese: “新ひだか町”
  • Korean: “신히다카정”
  • Korean: “신히다카초”
  • Malay: “Shinhidaka, Hokkaidō”
  • Malay: “Shinhidaka”
  • Moksha: “Синхидака”
  • Persian: “شین‌هیداکا، هوکایدو”
  • Persian: “شین‌هیداکا”
  • Polish: “Shinhidaka”
  • Portuguese: “Shinhidaka”
  • Russian: “Синхидака”
  • Spanish: “Shinhidaka”
  • Swedish: “Shinhidaka”
  • Thai: “ชิงฮิดากะ”
  • Turkish: “Shinhidaka”
  • Ukrainian: “Сін-Хідака”
  • Ukrainian: “Шін-Хідака”
  • Vietnamese: “Shinhidaka, Hokkaidō”
  • Vietnamese: “Shinhidaka”
  • Yue Chinese: “新日高町”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shizunai-Miyukicho 5-chome and Shizunai-Miyukicho 3-chome.

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