21506 ／ しらかわちょう
Gifu Prefecture 加茂郡Steel bridge links village and station.
Shirakawa Bridge, Hida River01 ／ Azumaza
This playhouse in Kurokawa had its stage completed in 1889 (Meiji 22), and seating was added in 1900. It closed in 1960. Local debate over keeping or demolishing it began around 1987, and restoration was completed in 1990. Local kabuki is staged here on the third Sunday of May every year.
02 ／ Oyama great cedar
A national natural monument in the grounds of Oyama Hakusan Shrine, given in the national designation as 15.1 m around at the base and 9.9 m in trunk girth at eye level. The town's guide says it is said to be over 1,200 years old. The ceiling of the worship hall holds 32 color paintings and is a town-designated cultural property.
03 ／ Pistoia Hall organ
The pipe organ in Pistoia Hall, on the third floor of the town hall, was made in 1988 by Tsuji Hiroshi, who moved to the town in 1976. It is in the Italian style, after Pistoia in Italy, with which the town has exchanges. The pipe organ in Gloria Hall, built in December 2004, was his last work, his 81st.
Living here
The town measures about 24 km east to west and 21 km north to south, from 150 m to 1,223 m above sea level. Villages lie along the Sami, Shirakawa, Kuro and Aka rivers, which flow into the Hida River; habitable land is about 5% of the total. The gateway is Shirakawaguchi Station on the JR Takayama Line, 65 minutes from Nagoya by Limited Express Hida.
−11.7% since 2015
11,681 → 7,412
28.06km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
5.4 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』（timetable.jr-odekake.net）の区間時刻表（line-timetable/2363『高山本線（名古屋／岐阜～高山）下り』・2364『高山本線（高山～岐阜／名古屋）上り』）と、各列車のページ（train-timetable/77261 ひだ1号・21501 ひだ2号・76951 ひだ10号 ほか）。JR時刻表2026年10月号の内容を載せるページで、日付は 2026-10-15（木）・10-17（土）・10-18（日）・10-20（火）・11-03（祝）・12-31 の各日を取り、特急の『運転日注意』欄が空の列車だけを『毎日乗れる定期便』として数えた（10-17・18・11-03 の『◆』印の 8083D は土休日の臨時として外した） (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
20.4km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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