Everything about Shirakawa Fukushima totally explained
Shirakawa (白河市; Shirakawa-shi) is a city in
Fukushima,
Japan. It is located in the southern portion of the prefecture.
The
2003 estimated
population was 48,297 and the
density in that year was 410.44 persons per
km². The total area was 117.67 km². However, on November 7th, 2005, after including neighbouring villages in its territory (see
History section below), the population count was raised to about 66,000.
History
Shirakawa is known for a long time as the main entryway for the old
Mutsu Province of Japan. Up to the
Edo Period it had prospered under the control of the Shirakawa Clan as a
castle town. In the
Heian Period, a
monk and
waka poet Nōin composed the following short poem about the region:
Meiji Period in 1889, the area was classified as the
town of Shirakawa . In more recent times, on
April 1,
1949, Shirakawa was considered as a city after merging with .
Subsequent merges happened in 1954 and 1955, with the inclusion of the villages of,, and a part of in the territory of Shirakawa. Also, on
November 7,
2005, Shirakawa-shi incorporated the neighbouring villages of , and the whole .
City Services and Access
Shirakawa has four
High Schools, eight
Junior High Schools and fifteen
Elementary Schools.
There are also nineteen
Post Offices (including minor ones) within the boundaries of the city.
The city can be easily reached through the
Tōhoku Main Line, where
Shinkansen bullet trains stop frequently in the nearby station of Shinshirakawa, located in the neighbouring
Also, Shirakawa can be accessed by the nearby
Tohoku Expressway and routes
289 and
294.
Claims to fame
Residents point to the local variation of
rāmen as the town's main claim to fame, and some assert that it's the most famous in all of Japan. The main attractions of the town, aside from the restaurants, include
Kominejō (literally "Small Peak Castle") and Nankō ("South Lake") Park.
Festivals held in Shirakawa include "Daruma Ichi", a festival celebrating the traditional "Daruma" doll, wherein the cty streets are packed with stalls selling Daruma, a variety of festival foods and charms, and "Chouchin Matsuri" (Lantern Festival), which is held each summer, with a special three-day celebration held once every three years.
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