title: Hikawa
text: # Hikawa
  
  Hikawa can refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Hikawa, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto, Japan
  * Hikawa, Shimane, a former town in Shimane, Japan
  * Hikawa District, Shimane, a former district in Shimane, Japan
  * Hikawa Shrine, one of two Japanese shrines:
     * Hikawa Shrine (Saitama)
     * Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Hikawa (surname)
  * Hikawa Maru class ocean liner of Japan
     * Hikawa Maru, ocean liner launched in 1929 and opened as a museum ship in 2008
  