was a town in Kitakatsushika District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 37,047 and a density of 1316.06PD/sqkm. The total area was 28.15sqkm.
On October 1, 2005, Shōwa was merged into the expanded city of Kasukabe and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1]