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Showa Day (昭和の日, Shōwa no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held on April 29. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito ), the reigning emperor from 1926 to 1989. [ 1 ] Shō (昭) means "shining" or "bright", and wa (和) means "peace", signifying the "enlightened peace" that citizens receive.
Memorials to the era include Shōwa Day, the Showa Memorial Park and National Showa Memorial Museum. There is a phenomenon of Shōwa nostalgia. [40] In the 2020s, there were an increased number of programmes relating to the era, such as Takeda Tetsuya no Shōwa wa kagayaiteita, on the Broadcasting Satellite (BS) television channels. [41]
Showa Nostalgia. Weekend Australian Financial Review. 5 to 9 April 2007. Showa Sweetness. Metropolis. 13 November 2008. ＜ここに昭和 100年目の風景＞（4）ブーム再来 ガチで、進化！ レトロ愛. Tokyo Shimbun. 5 January 2025. Marilyn Ivy. Discourses of the Vanishing: Modernity, Phantasm, Japan. University of Chicago Press.
The film recreates the chain of historical events from April to 15 August 1945 (Hirohito surrender broadcast), which determined the further fate of Japan: the last months of the command of the armed forces of Imperial Japan and the military council under the leadership of Emperor Shōwa in the period before surrender of Japan in World War II, the tenure of Kantarō Suzuki as Prime Minister and ...
Showa (fish), a variety of ornamental koi (carp) Showa: A History of Japan, a manga by Shigeru Mizuki; Shōwa Modan, an art style; Showa/Nakajima L2D, a model of Japanese aircraft; Shewa, also spelled Showa, a region of Ethiopia; Showa Era, the series of Godzilla movies ranging from 1954 to 1975. Shōwa, an album by The Gerogerigegege
The Shōwa Restoration (昭和維新, Shōwa Ishin) was promoted by Japanese author Kita Ikki in the 1930s, with the goal of restoring power to the newly enthroned Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and abolishing the liberal Taishō democracy. [1]
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Showa: A History of Japan, known in Japan as Comic Showa-shi (Japanese: コミック昭和史, Hepburn: Komikku Shōwa-shi, lit. ' A Comics History of the Showa Era '), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. An autobiographical work, it describes the author's experiences growing up during the Shōwa period. Mizuki ...