Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Komaki (小牧市, Komaki-shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The total area of the city was 62.81 square km (24.25 sq mi). Komaki is commonly associated with the former Komaki Airport, which is located on the border between Komaki and neighboring Kasugai.

Geography Komaki is located in the middle of the Nōbi Plain, west-central Aichi Prefecture, north of the Nagoya metropolis. The city skyline is dominated by Mount Komaki, which is topped with Komaki Castle.

Surrounding municipalities Aichi Prefecture • Kasugai • Inuyama • Iwakura • Kōnan • Kitanagoya • Toyoyama • Ōguchi.

History Archaeological remains from the Japanese Paleolithic through Yayoi period have been found in what is now Komaki, and burial tumuli from the Kofun period are also common.

History: Middle Ages During the Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga used Komaki Castle as his headquarters from which he launched his invasion of Mino Province and later the area surrounding Mount Komaki was the site of the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584.

Early modern period It was part of the holdings of Owari Domain during the Edo period, and prospered as a post town on the route connecting Nagoya with the Nakasendō highway.

Late modern period During the Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities system, the area was organized into villages under Higashikasugai District, Aichi. Komaki was proclaimed a town on July 16, 1906 through the merger of four villages.

Contemporary history Komaki was raised to city status on January 1, 1955, after merging with the village of Kitasato in Nishikasugai District, Aichi.

Government Komaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 25 members. The city contributes two members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi 16th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy Komaki has a mixed economy, with agriculture (rice and horticulture), commence, and light manufacturing industries playing important roles.

Komaki's GDP per capita (Nominal) was ¥5,859,100 in 2014.

Agriculture • Peach • Rice

Poultry farming • Nagoya Cochin chicken

Manufacturing Sumitomo Riko (Previously known as Tokai Gomme), a global rubber and synthetic resin products manufacturing company, whose automotive anti-vibration components hold the largest global market share, has its headquarters in the city.

Commerce Due to its highway connections with the Nagoya metropolis, it is also becoming a bedroom community.

Companies headquartered in Komaki • COMO • SATO FOODS INDUSTRIES • santec • CKD Corporation • Sumitomo Riko • Taihei Machinery Works • Tsunoda Co • HOUTOKU Co.

Universities • Aichi Bunkyo University • Nagoya Zokei University

International School • The Colégio Dom Bosco, a Brazilian school was formerly located in Komaki.

Transport: Air • Nagoya Airport (Komaki Airport)

Transport: Rail • Komaki Line：- Komakiguchi - Komaki - Komakihara - Ajioka - Tagata-jinja-mae -

The Peachliner, formally the Tōkadai Shin-kōtsū Peach Liner (桃花台新交通ピーチライナー) was a people mover which operated from 1991 until September 30, 2006, when it became the first people-mover system in Japan to cease operations.

Transport: Road Expressways • Chūō Expressway • Meishin Expressway (Asian Highway Network) • Tōmei Expressway (Asian Highway Network) • Route 11 (Nagoya Expressway)

Japan National Route • National Route 41 • National Route 155.

Historic sites • Mount Komaki (Komaki Castle) • Ryūon-ji temple(Mama Kannon) • Tagata Jinja • Komaki shuku (Kishida house) • Iwaya Kofun • Shinooka Kiln ruins.

Parks • Menard Art Museum • Shimin Shiki no Mori • Komaki Municipal Baseball Stadium • Park Arena Komaki

Festivals • Hōnen Matsuri, and annual fertility festival held on March 15 at Tagata Shrine. • Bamboo Installation