Shirataki [Village] - Shirataki

Japanese: 白滝[村] - しらたき

A village in Monbetsu County, Abashiri Subprefecture, central Hokkaido. Population 1,502 (1995). Located on the slope of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kitami Mountains, it occupies the upper reaches of the Yubetsu River, with Mt. Chitokaniusi (1,446m) to the west and Mt. Shiyubetsu (1,688m) to the south. The Sekihoku Main Line and National Route 333 pass through the village. The central road from Asahikawa to Abashiri was opened in 1891, but agricultural development in Shirataki began after 1908, and began in earnest after 1912, when 55 households from Wakayama Prefecture settled there. 90% of the village area is forest, most of which is national forest, mainly natural forest, and the main industry is forestry, but resources are depleting due to damage from Typhoon No. 15 in 1981.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

北海道中央部，網走支庁紋別（もんべつ）郡の村。人口1502(1995)。北見山地のオホーツク海斜面に位置し，西にチトカニウシ山(1446m)，南に支湧別岳(1688m)などがそびえる湧別川上流部を占める。石北本線，国道333号線が通じる。1891年旭川から網走に至る中央道路の開削が行われたが，白滝で農業開拓が始まったのは1908年以降であり，和歌山県人団体55戸が入植した12年以後に本格化した。村域の90％は森林で，その大部分が自然林を主とする国有林であり，主産業は林業であるが，81年の台風15号の被害もあって資源の枯渇化が見られる。

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