Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Shirone (白根市; -shi) is a city located in Niigata, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 39,966 and the density of 518.63 persons per km². The total area is 77.06 km². The city was founded on June 1, 1959. External Links Official website in Japanese This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.