Shōwa (昭和村, Shōwa-mura) is a village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Shōwa is located in the western portion of the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, and consists of scattered hamlets along the Nojiri River.
Shōwa has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall.
[2] Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Shōwa has declined steadily over the past 60 years.
The villages of Nojiri and Oashi were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889.