Kansai
Wakayama
Nishimuro district

Shirahama

Shirahama is on the western coast of , . It is best known for its beautiful white beach and hot springs. The main beach is lined with hotels like a mini Waikiki.
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  • Type: Town with 22,300 residents
  • Description: town in Nishimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Setokanayama”, “Shirahama, Wakayama”, and “Shuzenji-chō”
  • Postal code: 649-2211
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shirarahama beach and Nanki–Shirahama Airport.

Beach
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Aerodrome
Photo: Kouchiumi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a third class airport located in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan. It serves the southern part of the with three daily Japan Airlines round-trips to .

Museum
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Shirahama

Latitude
33.6782° or 33° 40′ 41″ north
Longitude
135.3479° or 135° 20′ 53″ east
Population
22,300
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
SHM
Open location code
8Q5QM8HX+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 691598987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1851936
Wiki­data ID
Q1202728
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shirahama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيراهاما واكاياما”
  • Asturian: “Shirahama”
  • Burmese: “ရှိရဟမမြို့၊ ဝါခါယာမ”
  • Cebuano: “Shirahama-chō”
  • Chinese: “南紀白濱”
  • Chinese: “白滨町”
  • Chinese: “白濱町”
  • Czech: “Širahama”
  • Dutch: “Shirahama”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيراهاما واكاياما”
  • French: “Shirahama”
  • German: “Shirahama”
  • Hungarian: “Sirahama”
  • Irish: “Shirahama”
  • Italian: “Shirahama”
  • Japanese: “Shirahama”
  • Japanese: “しらはまちょう”
  • Japanese: “瀬戸鉛山村”
  • Japanese: “白浜町”
  • Korean: “시라하마정”
  • Malay: “Shirahama, Wakayama”
  • Malay: “Shirahama”
  • Persian: “شیراهاما، واکایاما”
  • Persian: “شیراهاما”
  • Polish: “Shirahama”
  • Portuguese: “Shirahama”
  • Russian: “Сирахама”
  • Slovenian: “Shirahama”
  • Slovenian: “Širahama”
  • Spanish: “Shirahama”
  • Swedish: “Shirahama”
  • Tagalog: “Shirahama, Wakayama”
  • Tagalog: “Shirahama”
  • Tagalog: “Syirahama”
  • Thai: “ชิราฮามะ”
  • Turkish: “Shirahama”
  • Ukrainian: “Сірахама”
  • Ukrainian: “Шірахама”
  • Vietnamese: “Shirahama, Wakayama”
  • Vietnamese: “Shirahama”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Shirahama”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.