Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Shirataki, Hokkaido
Former village on Hokkaido, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Shirataki (白滝村, Shirataki-mura) was a village located in Monbetsu District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan.
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Remove ads
Population
As of 2004, the village had an estimated population of 1,305 and a population density of 3.81 persons per km2. The total area was 342.96 km2.
History
On October 1, 2005, Shirataki, along with the towns of Ikutahara and Maruseppu (all from Monbetsu District), was merged into the expanded town of Engaru.
An Upper Palaeolithic site at Shirataki is the source of some Yubetsu technique stone blades dating from c 13,000 years ago.
Shirataki is considered[according to whom?] the birthplace of Aikido. Leading a group of settlers, Morihei Ueshiba refined his martial art and developed the techniques he would later call Aikido.[1]
Remove ads
Climate
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads