尻場しりぱ Siripa

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

Ainu spellings: Sirpa

The mountain closes the Yoichi shore on the west and gives the district of Yamausu its far end.

Location

43.2266, 140.7725 · Coordinates: OpenStreetMap Nominatim, 2026-09-10, on シリパ岬. Open in OpenStreetMap

Referents

mountain Shiripa-yama, the mountain that stands for Yoichi, a large mountain with sheer cliffs, climbed in about an hour from the Yoichi shrine. The view from the summit is called Shiripa blue.

Analyses

sir-pa

シㇼパ ‘head of the land’ proposed

sir ‘land, earth’
pa ‘head’

Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))

The name occurs across Hokkaidō.

Confidence: medium

sir 'land' and pa 'head' are both dictionary words in the senses used, the compound is well formed, the name recurs across Hokkaidō, and no source in the article contests it.

zenibako_trek… シリパ

Sources

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