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Our guide
The Shirakawa Barrier was a frontier checkpoint on the Ōshū Kaidō highway, in what is now Hatajuku in the city of Shirakawa, Fukushima, about 3 km from the border with Tochigi. The site became a National Historic Site in 1966 and is part of Shirakawa Seki-no-mori Park, which has a reconstructed ancient house and preserved old farmhouses.
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Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
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- Shirakawa-no-Seki monument — Dogpochi · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Shirakawanoseki-kuhi — Kidanymore ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shirakawa jinja — Dogpochi · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Shirakawa-no-seki dry Moat — Dogpochi · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Sugi, Shirakawa no Seki — dogpochi · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Shirakawa-no-seki Jinja Sando — Dogpochi · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
What this place is
The Shirakawa Barrier (白河の関, Shirakawa no seki) is the location of a frontier fortification on the Ōshū Kaidō highway in what is now the Hatajuku neighborhood of the city of Shirakawa, Fukushima Japan, about three kilometers from the border with Tochigi Prefecture. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1966., and is part of the Shirakawa Seki-no-mori Park, containing a reconstructed ancient house and preserved old farm houses.
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