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Shirakawa Town
Gifu Prefecture · Town
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Shirakawa Town is a mountain town in Kamo District that produces Tono cypress, Shirakawa tea and bakuhanseki (a mineral stone). Settlements are scattered along the Hida River and the Shirakawa River, and local tea and cypress products are sold at Michi-no-Eki Mino-Shirakawa and Cuore Fureai no Sato.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Gifu Prefecture
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