was a

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located in Minamiakita District,

Akita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its geographic area is 1 ...

, Japan. In 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 8,685 and a

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of 213.65 persons per km². The total area was 40.65 km². On March 22, 2005, Shōwa, along with the towns of Iitagawa and Tennō (all from Minamiakita District), merged to create the city of

Katagami is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 32,858 in 13,897 households, and a population density of 330 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Katagami is located in the coastal ...

Noted people from Showa

Ikuo Nakamura is a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and type ...

, photographer *

Kazushi Sakuraba is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and submission wrestler, currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation and Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was formerly one-half of the former GHC Tag Team Champions with Takashi Sugiura ...

, mixed martial artist * Kenichi Takahashi (basketball), basketball player

External links

Shōwa official website
(Archive)
Katagami official website
Dissolved municipalities of Akita Prefecture Katagami, Akita {{Akita-geo-stub