Shirakawa-gō

Summary

Shirakawa-gō is a human settlement^[1]. Shirakawa-gō ranks in the top 0.93% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #334 of 35,923).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shirakawa-gō is located in Shirakawa^[3].
• Shirakawa-gō is located in Takayama^[4].
• Shirakawa-gō is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Shirakawa-gō is on the body of water Shō River^[6].
• Shirakawa-gō's image is recorded as Ogi Shirakawa01n3200.jpg^[7].
• Shirakawa-gō's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8].
• Shirakawa-gō's architectural style is recorded as gasshō-zukuri^[9].
• Shirakawa-gō's part of is recorded as Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama^[10].
• Shirakawa-gō's Commons category is recorded as Shirakawa-go^[11].
• Shirakawa-gō's has part is recorded as Ogimachi^[12].
• Shirakawa-gō's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.2566607, 'lon': 136.9050385}^[13].
• Shirakawa-gō's official website is recorded as https://shirakawa-go.gr.jp/^[14].
• Shirakawa-gō's page banner is recorded as Shirakawa-go banner.jpg^[15].
• Shirakawa-gō's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[16].
• Shirakawa-gō's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6621343^[17].
• Shirakawa-gō's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja-hani', 'text': '白川郷'}^[18].
• Shirakawa-gō's relief location map is recorded as Around Shirakawa-gō Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg^[19].
• Shirakawa-gō's Instagram username is recorded as shirakawagoinfo^[20].
• Shirakawa-gō's Facebook username is recorded as 103096838587729^[21].
• Shirakawa-gō's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122sgc4p^[22].
• Shirakawa-gō's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 11850051^[23].
• Shirakawa-gō's nighttime view is recorded as Shirakawago.jpg^[24].
• Shirakawa-gō's webcam page URL is recorded as https://shirakawa-go.org/livecam/^[25].
• Shirakawa-gō's winter view is recorded as A world heritage SIRAKAWAGOU JPN 2010.jpg^[26].
• Shirakawa-gō's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 白川郷^[27].

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Geography

Shirakawa-gō is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Shirakawa^[3], a village of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29], founded in 1889^[30] and Takayama^[4], a city of Japan^[31], in Japan^[32], founded in 1936^[33]. Shirakawa-gō is on the body of water Shō River^[6]. Shirakawa-gō's part of is recorded as Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama^[10].

Designation and Status

Shirakawa-gō's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8]. Shirakawa-gō's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shirakawa-gō include 22470 Shirakawa-go^[34], an asteroid^[35].

Why It Matters

Shirakawa-gō ranks in the top 0.93% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #334 of 35,923).^[2] Shirakawa-gō has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Shirakawa-gō is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Shirakawa-gō include 22470 Shirakawa-go^[34], an asteroid^[35].