Showa
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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 official title of Emperor name of Hirohito
- a continuity in Japanese kaiju films, Shōwa era (daikaiju eiga)
- an album by The Gerogerigegege
- an earlier Shōwa era, a Japanese era spanning from 1312 to 1317
- 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 , see Shōwa Station
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