Shōwa, Gunma

Shōwa 昭和村
Village
Shōwa village office
Flag Seal
Location of Shōwa in Gunma Prefecture
Shōwa
Coordinates: 36°38′23.1″N 139°3′57.2″E / 36.639750°N 139.065889°E / 36.639750; 139.065889Coordinates: 36°38′23.1″N 139°3′57.2″E / 36.639750°N 139.065889°E / 36.639750; 139.065889
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Gunma Prefecture
District	Tone
Area
• Total	64.14 km2 (24.76 sq mi)
Population (February 2015)
• Total	7,229
• Density	113/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City symbols
• Tree	Sakura
• Flower	Azalea
• Bird	Green pheasant
Phone number	0278-24-5111
Address	388 Ōaza Itoi, Shōwa-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken 379-1298
Website	Official website

Shōwa (昭和村, Shōwa-mura) is a village located in Tone District of central Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of February 2015, the village had an estimated population of 7,229 and a population density of 113 persons per km². Its total area was 64.14 km².

Geography

Located in central Gunma, Shōwa is on the northwestern slopes of Mt. Akagi, it is surrounded on the north, east, and west by the city of Numata and borders Shibukawa to the south

Surrounding municipalities

• Gunma Prefecture
  • Numata
  • Shibukawa

History

The area of present-day Shōwa was part of the tenryō holdings in Kōzuke Province administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. On April 1, 1889 with the creation of the municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration, Kuroho and Itonose villages were established within Kitaseta District, Gunma. In 1896, Kitaseta District and a portion of Agatsuma DIstrict were transferred to Tone District, The two villages merged on November 1, 1958 to form Shōwa.

Economy

Traditionally, the economy of Shōwa was heavily dependent on agriculture; primarily market gardening.

Education

• Primary Schools
  • Higashi Elementary School
  • Okawara Elementary School
  • Minami Elementary School
• Middle Schools
  • Shōwa Junior High School

Transportation

Shōwa is not served by any railway services. The nearest station is Numata in the neighboring city of Numata.

Highways

• Kan-Etsu Expressway – Akagi-Kōgen SA, Shōwa IC

External links

Media related to Shōwa, Gunma at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)
• "MapionBB". MapionBB (in Japanese). August 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-02. 

Gunma Prefecture
Maebashi (capital)
Core cities	Maebashi Takasaki
Special cities	Isesaki Ōta
Cities	Annaka Fujioka Kiryū Midori Numata Shibukawa Tatebayashi Tomioka
Agatsuma District	Higashiagatsuma Kusatsu Naganohara Nakanojō Takayama Tsumagoi
Kanra District	Kanra Shimonita Nanmoku
Kitagunma District	Yoshioka Shintō
Ōra District	Chiyoda Itakura Meiwa Ōizumi Ōra
Sawa District	Tamamura
Tano District	Kanna Ueno
Tone District	Minakami Katashina Kawaba Shōwa
List of mergers in Gunma Prefecture