title: Suwa
text: # Suwa
  
  Suwa or SUWA may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Suwa Province, an old Japanese province located in Tōsandō for a brief period of time, which today composes the southern part of Nagano Prefecture
  * Suwa, Nagano, a city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
  * Suwa Shrine (disambiguation), the name of several Shinto shrines in Japan
  * Lake Suwa, a lake in the Kiso Mountains, in the central region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan
  * Suwa, a small ancient Egyptian site about 10 km south-east of Zagazig in the Nile Delta
  * Suwa, Diz, a historical Assyrian hamlet in Hakkari, Turkey
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, a wilderness preservation organization in the United States based in Salt Lake City, Utah
  
  ## People
  
  * Michiko Suwa (1935-2015), the maiden name of Japanese-American marathoner Miki Gorman
  * Nanaka Suwa (born 1994), Japanese voice actress
  * Nejiko Suwa (1920–2012), Japanese violinist
  * Nobuhiro Suwa (born 1960), Japanese film director
  * Suwa Tadamasa (諏訪 忠誠, 1821–1898), Japanese daimyō
  * Takahiro Suwa (born 1975), Japanese wrestler better known by his ring name "SUWA"
  * Tetsushi Suwa (born 1969), Japanese writer
  * Toshinari Suwa (born 1977), Japanese marathon runner
  * Suwa Kanenori (1897–1932), Japanese woodblock print artist
  * Suwa Yorimitsu (1480–1540), Japanese warlord of the Shinano Province
  * Suwa Yorishige (1516–1542), Japanese lord of Kuwabara castle
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Amaki Suwa, Goshiki Suwa, and Masuzu Suwa, fictional characters from the Strike Witches franchise
  
  ## Other
  
  * Suwa', an idol mentioned in the Qur'an
  * Suwa, the traditional beer of the Tigray Region in Ethiopia.
  