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# Shōwa-ku

Shōwa-ku is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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## Every way there

- Osaka → Shōwa-ku 140 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · ¥1,940–2,640 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/osaka-to-showa-ku) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Osaka&to=Sh%C5%8Dwa-ku)
- Makinohara / Shimada → Shōwa-ku 120 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · ¥1,600–2,180 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makinohara-shimada-to-showa-ku) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makinohara+%2F+Shimada&to=Sh%C5%8Dwa-ku)
- Kanazawa → Shōwa-ku 164 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · ¥2,610–3,560 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kanazawa-to-showa-ku) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kanazawa&to=Sh%C5%8Dwa-ku)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Shōwa-ku, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Shōwa-ku has

- Y Scheduled flights Tokoname (NGO), 35 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries ささしまライブ, 5 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Nagoya, 4 km.

35.150°, 136.934°

As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated population of 110,436 and a population density of 10,095 persons per km². The total area was 10.94 km².

How locals move

## Getting around Shōwa-ku the local way

- Get in A Meitetsu shuttle bus to the ferry is available from the downtown Meitetsu Bus Center (名鉄バスセンター) next to Nagoya Station.
- Get in The bus departs from platform 22 on the 4th floor at 17:20 and arrives at the ferry terminal at around 17:55 (Adults: ¥550 Children: ¥280).
- Get in The ferry terminal is also accessible by train and city bus.
- Get in More details are available on the Taiheiyo Ferry access page.
- Go next Inuyama, with its picturesque castle, kinky fertility shrines, and nearby Meiji Village, is a short day trip from the city.
- Go next Ride the cable car up the mountain (or hike), feed the squirrels (they jump on your arm and eat from your hand), visit the museum, enjoy the amazing view from the top of the castle.

From [Wikivoyage: Nagoya](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nagoya), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa-ku), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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