Shirahama, Chiba

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This article is about the town in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. There is another town with the same name in Wakayama Prefecture, see Shirahama, Wakayama.

Shirahama (白浜町; -machi) was a town located in Awa District, Chiba, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,807 and a density of 340.19 persons per km². The total area was 17.07 km².

On March 20, 2006, the municipalities of Tomiura, Tomiyama, Miyoshi, Shirahama, Chikura, Maruyama and Wada (all from Awa District) merged to form the city of Minamiboso, and Shirahama ceased to exist as a municipality. Prior to the merger, Shirahama was known as Shirahama-machi in Japanese. Subsequently, it has become known as Shirahama-cho. Both "machi" and "cho" are written the same way in Japanese, but the different pronunciations convey the information that Shirahama is now a neighborhood within Minamiboso rather than its own municipality.