Komono

Komono 菰野町
Town
Komono Town Office
Flag Seal
Location of Komono in Mie Prefecture
Komono
Coordinates: 35°1′N 136°30′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefecture	Mie
District	Mie
Government
• Mayor	Takayuki Shibata
Area
• Total	106.89 km2 (41.27 sq mi)
Population  (November 2012)
• Total	40,289
• Density	377/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Zelkova serrata
- Bird	Japanese bush warbler
- Beast	Japanese serow
Phone number	059-391-1111
Address	1480 Komoro, Komoro-chō, Mie-gun, Mie-ken 510-1292
Website	www.town.komono.mie.jp

Komono (菰野町, Komono-chō) is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2012, the town had an estimated population of 40,289 and a population density of 377 persons per km². The total area was 106.89 km².

Geography

Komono is located in the mountainous region of northern Mie Prefecture, bordering on Shiga Prefecture. Parts of the town are within the limits of the Suzuka Quasi-National Park.

Neighboring municipalities

• Mie Prefecture
  • Yokkaichi
  • Inabe
• Shiga Prefecture
  • Higashiōmi
  • Kōka

History

Komoro was the center of 12,000 koku Komono Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, ruled by the Hijitaka clan from 1600 until the Meiji restoration of 1871. In the establishment of municipalities under the Meiji government’s reforms, it became Komoro village within Mie District of Mie Prefecture. Komoro was elevated to town status in 1928.

Transportation

Railway

• Kintetsu Railway – Yunoyama Line
  • Komono - Naka-Komono - Ōbane-en - Yunoyama-Onsen

Highway

• Shin-Meishin Expressway (under construction)
• Japan National Route 306
• Japan National Route 477

Local attractions

• Gozaisho Ropeway
• Yunoyama Onsen

Notable people

• Tomoya Uchida – professional soccer player
• Yuki Nishi – professional baseball player
• Takuma Asano - professional soccer player

External links

Media related to Komono, Mie at Wikimedia Commons

• Komono official website (in Japanese)