Sawara may refer to:

Locations in Japan

• Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
• Sawara, Fukuoka
• Sawara, Chiba
• Sawara District, Fukuoka (ja:早良郡), former administrative region in the Chikuzen Province

People

• Sawara clan (ja:佐原氏), an influential Japanese family
• Megumi Sawara (ja:早良めぐみ), a Japanese actress and fashion model
• Morizumi Sawara (ja:佐原盛純), a Japanese sinologist
• Prince Sawara, (ja:早良親王), a Japanese prince and son of Emperor Kōnin
• Sawara no Kinsaburō (ja:佐原喜三郎), a knight-errant from the Edo period
• Tokusuke Sawara (ja:佐原篤介), a journalist from the Meiji period

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