Place:Shokawa, Ono, Gifu, Japan

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NameShokawa
Alt namesShōkawasource: Wikipedia
Shōkawasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeVillage
Coordinates36.033°N 136.95°E
Located inOno, Gifu, Japan
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was a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,359 and a population density of 4.20 persons per km². The total area was 323.28 km².

On February 1, 2005, Shōkawa, along with the town of Kuguno, and the villages of Asahi, Kiyomi, Miya, Nyūkawa and Takane (all from Ōno District), the town of Kokufu, and the village of Kamitakara (both from Yoshiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Takayama and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

In Fall, the village puts on Japan's longest lion dance festival (Renjishi - 連獅子).

During the building of the Miboro dam, a portion of the village was submerged. One of the village's oldest cherry trees, which was threatened by the dam project, was transplanted to an area alongside the dam made lake.

Though it is merely a pit stop on the way to Shirakawa or Takayama, it boasts an onsen.

In 1999, a prehistoric reptile, Shokawa ikoi, was discovered and named after the town.

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