Shiraoi

Shiraoi is a town located in , , Japan. As of September 2016, the town had a population of 17,759. It was established in 1867 by the feudal lords of Sendai.
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  • Type: Town with 16,200 residents
  • Description: town in Shiraoi district, Hokkaidō, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shiraoi, Hokkaido”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Upopoy and Shiraoi Station.

Museum
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The National Ainu Museum is a museum located in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated within the grounds of , a park complex that serves as a "symbolic space for ethnic harmony".

Railway station
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is a train station in Shiraoi, Shiraoi District, Hokkaidō, .

Museum
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The Ainu Museum, also known as Porotokotan, is a former museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. The facility began its existence in 1976 as the Shiraoi Foundation for the Preservation of Ainu Culture.

Shiraoi

Latitude
42.5515° or 42° 33′ 5″ north
Longitude
141.3559° or 141° 21′ 21″ east
Population
16,200
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP SRO
Open location code
8RJ3H924+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 420892716
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2128072
Wiki­data ID
Q1348760
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shiraoi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيراوي”
  • Asturian: “Shiraoi”
  • Burmese: “ရှိရအိုအိမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး”
  • Catalan: “Shiraoi”
  • Cebuano: “Shiraoi-chō”
  • Cebuano: “Shiraoi”
  • Chinese: “白老町”
  • Czech: “Širaoi”
  • Dutch: “Shiraoi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيراوى”
  • Estonian: “Shiraoi”
  • French: “Shiraoi”
  • Galician: “Shiraoi”
  • German: “Shiraoi”
  • Hungarian: “Siraoi”
  • Ido: “Shiraoi, Hokkaido”
  • Ido: “Shiraoi”
  • Indonesian: “Shiraoi, Hokkaido”
  • Indonesian: “Shiraoi”
  • Irish: “Shiraoi”
  • Italian: “Shiraoi”
  • Japanese: “Shiraoi-chō”
  • Japanese: “しらおいちょう”
  • Japanese: “白老村”
  • Japanese: “白老町”
  • Korean: “시라오이정”
  • Korean: “시라오이초”
  • Malagasy: “Shiraoi”
  • Malay: “Shiraoi, Hokkaidō”
  • Malay: “Shiraoi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shiraoi”
  • Persian: “شیرائوی، هوکایدو”
  • Persian: “شیرائوی”
  • Polish: “Shiraoi-chō”
  • Polish: “Shiraoi”
  • Portuguese: “Shiraoi”
  • Russian: “Сираои”
  • Spanish: “Shiraoi”
  • Swedish: “Shiraoi”
  • Thai: “ชิราโออิ”
  • Turkish: “Shiraoi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіраой”
  • Ukrainian: “Шіраой”
  • Urdu: “شیراؤئی، ہوکائیڈو”
  • Vietnamese: “Shiraoi, Hokkaidō”
  • Vietnamese: “Shiraoi”
  • Yue Chinese: “白老町”

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