Shirakawa (白川 or 白河) may refer to:

• Shirakawa (surname)
• Emperor Shirakawa, an eleventh-century emperor of Japan

• Shirakawa, Fukushima, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
  • Shirakawa Domain, a feudal domain of Edo-period Japan
• Shirakawa, Gifu (town), a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
• Shirakawa, Gifu (village), a World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
• Shirakawa, a neighborhood of Koto, Tokyo
• Shirakawa, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
• Shirakawa River, a river in Kyoto
• Shirakawa River (Kumamoto), a river in Kumamoto