Shirakawa: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Fukushima
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 59,491
• Coordinates: 37.1195° N, 140.2621° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 167 km (104 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 19 km (12 mi), straight line
• Ibaraki Airport (IBR): 105 km (65 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 127 km (79 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kumakura: 9.1 km (5.6 mi)
• Yabuki: 10 km (6 mi)
• Ishikawa: 17 km (11 mi)
• Nasu: 17 km (11 mi)
• Sukagawa: 21 km (13 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Nasushiobara, 24 km (15 mi)