is one of the 16 wards of the city of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

of 110,436 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of 10,095 persons per km². The total area was 10.94 km². Shōwa-ku Ward Office

Geography

Shōwa Ward is located near the geographic center of Nagoya.

Surrounding municipalities

* Mizuho Ward * Atsuta Ward * Naka Ward * Tenpaku Ward * Chikusa Ward

History

Kawanayama-chō is a neighbourhood in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. Kawana used to be a village and was later incorporated in the 1930s. The Buddhist temple of Kōjaku-in Kōjaku-in (香積院) is a Buddhist temple in Kawanayama-chō, Shōwa-ku, Nagoya ...

is a historic, formerly separate area.

Kawana ware refers to a type of Japanese porcelain produced in and around the area of Kawana (川名), today Kawanayama-chō (川名山町) in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. It is of the ''sometsuke'' (染付) blue and white pottery type, but notable ...

was produced at the Kōjaku-in (香積院) during the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

. Gokiso Village in Aichi District was annexed by Nagoya on August 22, 1921, becoming part of Naka District. Shōwa District was established on October 1, 1937 out of a portion of former Naka District and Minami District. On Feb 11, 1944, a portion of Shōwa District joined with a portion of Atsuta District to form Mizuho District. On April 5, 1955 the district annexed neighboring Tempaku village, which became the separate Tempaku District on February 1, 1977. Parts of

Yagoto is a neighbourhood that straddles Mizuho ward, Shōwa ward, and Tempaku ward in eastern Nagoya, central Japan. History The area is also known as Yagotoyama. During the Edo period, the area thrived as a pilgrimage area with various temple ...

are located in the Shōwa ward.

Education

Chukyo University is a private university in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, with campuses in Nagoya and Toyota. The main building is located in Yagoto, Shōwa-ku, Nagoya. Campus File:View of Chukyo University (1), Yamanote-tori Showa Ward Nagoya 2022.jpg, Nagoya C ...

Nagoya University , abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It was established in 1939 as the last of the nine Imperial Universities in the then Empire of Japan, and is now a Designated National Universit ...

– Medical School *

Nagoya Institute of Technology The , abbreviated to Nitech (or in Japanese to 名工大, ''Meikōdai''), is a public educational institution of science and technology located in Nagoya, Japan. Nitech was founded in 1905 as ''Nagoya Higher Technical School'', then renamed ''Na ...

Nanzan University is a Private university, private, Catholic and Mixed-sex education, coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in the Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is consi ...

* St. Mary's College, Nagoya * Kuwayama Art Museum * Mandolin Melodies Museum *

Showa Museum of Art The Showa Museum of Art (昭和美術館 ''Shōwa Bijitsukan'') is a private art museum located in the Shiomi district of Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. History The collection is by the local Gifu-born businessman Kozo Goto (1881- ...

Tsuruma Central Library is a public library serving Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. It is a central library of the consisting of 20 buildings. It was established in 1923 but burned down in 1945 in the Second World War and reopened in 1952. It is closed every Monday, unless tha ...

Transportation

Railroads

Nagoya Municipal Subway The , also referred to as simply the Nagoya Subway, is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total t ...

– Tsurumai Line ** - - - - *

–

Sakura-dōri Line The is a Rapid transit, subway line in Nagoya, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It runs from Taiko-dori Station, Taiko-dori in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Nakamura Ward to in Midori-ku, Nagoya, Midori Ward, all with ...

** *

–

Meijō Line The is a subway line in Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line's color on maps is ...

**-

Highways

* Ring Route (Nagoya Expressway) *

Route 3 (Nagoya Expressway) is an urban expressway in Nagoya, Japan. It is a part of the Nagoya Expressway network and is owned and operated by Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation. Overview The first section was opened to traffic in 1979 (also the first segment of the e ...

Local attractions

Tsuruma Park Tsuruma Park (鶴舞公園) is a park located in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Nagoya city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. History The park's history goes back to the year 1909. In 1910, the 10th Kansai Area Prefectural Union Joint Exposit ...

* Kōshō-ji * Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall

Noted people from Shōwa Ward

Sakuma Morimasa was the son of Sakuma Moritsugu, cousin of Sakuma Nobumori, a prominent Oda retainer to Oda Nobuhide and Oda Nobunaga. After several campaigns in which he had fought, he was given the nickname ''oni-genba'' which literally means "Demon Genba", ...

– samurai *

Karina Nose (born February 21, 1984) is a Japanese model and actress. Her birth name is . She was born in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture ha ...

– actress, model

References

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