Sawara may refer to:
Locations in Japan
- Sawara, Chiba
- Sawara, Hokkaido
- Sawara, Fukuoka
- Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
- Sawara District, Fukuoka (:ja:早良郡), former administrative region in the Chikuzen Province
- Sawara Station passenger railway station
People
- , an influential Japanese family
- , Japanese prince and son of Emperor Kōnin
- , knight-errant from the Edo period
- , Japanese actress and fashion model
- , Japanese sinologist
- , journalist from the Meiji period
- , Japanese politician and dentist
Other
- Sawara Cypress, a species of coniferous tree
- Japanese Spanish mackerel and Atlantic Spanish mackerel, two species of saltwater fish called "sawara" on sushi menus