Shōwa

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Shōwa is the name of several places, times, people and things in Japan.

Shōwa (昭和) as Enlightened Peace refers to:

• the Shōwa period, a Japanese era name describing the reign of Hirohito from 1926 to 1989
• the Shōwa Emperor, the posthumous Emperor name of Hirohito
• a continuity in Japanese kaiju films, Shōwa era (daikaiju eiga)

Shōwa (正和) refers to:

• an earlier Shōwa era, a Japanese era spanning from 1312 to 1317

Shōwa can refer to the following places:

• a town in Akita, Japan; see Shōwa, Akita
• a town in Yamanashi, Japan; see Shōwa, Yamanashi
• a former town in Tokyo, now part of Akishima, Tokyo
• a ward of Nagoya, Shōwa-ku, Nagoya
• a village in Fukushima, Japan; see Shōwa, Fukushima
• a village in Gunma, Japan; see Shōwa, Gunma
• a Japanese station in Antarctica at 66°00′ S 39°35′ E, see Shōwa Station