Shirataki, Hokkaidō
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Shirataki (白滝村 Shirataki-mura) was a village located in Monbetsu District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, 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.
Shirataki is considered[by whom?] the birthplace of Aikido. Leading a group of settlers, Morihei Ueshiba refined his martial art and developed the techniques he would later call Aikido.
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