Komono, Mie Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Komono is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2021, the town had an estimated population density of 390 persons per km². The total area of the town was 106.89 square km (41.27 sq mi).

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 • Inabe • Yokkaichi; Shiga Prefecture • Higashiōmi • Kōka.

Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Komono has increased steadily over the past 60 years.

History Komoro is located in ancient Ise Province and was the centre of 12,000 koku Komono Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, ruled by the Hijikata 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 on April 1, 1889. Komoro was elevated to town status in 1928.

Government Komono has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Komono contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Education Komono has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education.

Transport: Rail Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Railway – Yunoyama Line • Komono - Naka-Komono - Ōbane-en - Yunoyama-Onsen.

Transport: Road • Shin-Meishin Expressway • National Route 306 • National Route 477.

Local attractions • Gozaisho Ropeway • Yunoyama Onsen.