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 (709 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 instance of is recorded as human settlement^[7].
• Shirakawa-gō's architectural style is recorded as gasshō-zukuri^[8].
• Shirakawa-gō is part of Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama^[9].
• Shirakawa-gō's Commons category is recorded as Shirakawa-go^[10].
• Shirakawa-gō comprises Ogimachi^[11].
• Shirakawa-gō's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 36.2566607, 'longitude': 136.9050385}^[12].
• Shirakawa-gō's official website is recorded as https://shirakawa-go.gr.jp/^[13].
• Shirakawa-gō's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[14].
• Shirakawa-gō's native label is recorded as 白川郷^[15].
• Shirakawa-gō's webcam page URL is recorded as https://shirakawa-go.org/livecam/^[16].
• Shirakawa-gō's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of Shirakawa-go from Ogimachi Joseki Observatory^[17].

Body

Geography

Shirakawa-gō is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Shirakawa^[3], a village of Japan^[18], in Japan^[19], founded in 1889^[20] and Takayama^[4], a city of Japan^[21], in Japan^[22], founded in 1936^[23]. Shirakawa-gō is on the body of water Shō River^[6]. Shirakawa-gō is part of Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama^[9].

Designation and Status

Shirakawa-gō's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[7]. Shirakawa-gō's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shirakawa-gō include 22470 Shirakawa-go^[24], an asteroid^[25].

Why It Matters

Shirakawa-gō ranks in the top 0.93% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month, #334 of 35,923).^[2] Shirakawa-gō has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] Shirakawa-gō is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for Shirakawa-gō include 22470 Shirakawa-go^[24], an asteroid^[25].