Shirataki, Hokkaido

Shirataki (白滝村, Shirataki-mura) was a village located in Monbetsu District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan.

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• Map of Shirataki Engaru Monbetsu District Hokkaido Prefecture 099 0111 Japan
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Map of Shirataki, Engaru, Monbetsu District, Hokkaido Prefecture 099-0111, Japan

As of 2004, the village had an estimated population of 1,305 and a population density of 3.81 persons per km². The total area was 342.96 km².

On October 1, 2005, Shirataki, along with the towns of Ikutahara and Maruseppu (all from Monbetsu District), was merged into the expanded town of Engaru.

An Upper Palaeolithic site at Shirataki is the source of some Yubetsu technique stone blades dating from c 13,000 years ago.

Shirataki is considered the birthplace of Aikido. Leading a group of settlers, Morihei Ueshiba refined his martial art and developed the techniques he would later call Aikido.