Komono Town

Shide-like blooms open by cold springs.

Tabika star magnolias

Photo by Hamachidori (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Komono Domain

With no transfer of lords for about 270 years,Komono Castle was the Hijikata seat.

The first lord was granted Komono's 12,000 koku by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1600, and no lord was transferred until the domain was abolished in 1869 under the 12th. The town calls this rare even across the Edo period. The castle site is now an elementary school's grounds, and 26 gravestones of successive lords and their kin stand at Kensho-ji Temple.

About 270 years without a transfer of lords
12,000 koku
26 gravestones of lords and kin

02 ／ Five Hundred Rakan

Rakan share a mound the villagers builtwith figures of Enma and Amaterasu.

竹成五百羅漢.jpg — Photo by IshizakiA (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A priest from Takenari vowed to build it in 1852, and it was completed in 1866. On a small mound built with local earth carried in, 469 stone figures stand, including 395 rakan (arhats); figures of Enma, the Seven Gods of Fortune and Amaterasu are mixed in.

Prefectural historic site, designated 1967
469 stone figures on the mound
395 rakan

03 ／ Komono-giku

A flower named for Komono, where it was found,blooms on rocks in a valley of Mount Gozaisho.

Komono-giku is found in places such as damp rocks in the valleys of Mount Gozaisho, and its purple flowers bloom from July to September. It was named after Komono, its place of origin, and is the town's flower. A plant-collecting climb around Mount Gozaisho in 1858 was depicted on a framed plaque.

Town flower
Blooms July to September
Plant collecting in 1858

Living here

Mountains west, plains east, 10 km to Yokkaichi.

about 40,000 people
Rural district town

A town in Mie District, with the mountain range of Suzuka Quasi-National Park to the west and plains to the east. Mount Gozaisho (1,212 m), Mount Kama (1,161 m) and Mount Shaka (1,092 m) stand along the range, and the Mitaki and Asake rivers form gentle hills and alluvial fans. The nearest station is Naka-Komono on the Kintetsu Yunoyama Line, about a 15-minute walk from the town hall.

People living here: 40,559people
Area: 107.01km²
Households: 15,382households
Rent (average for rentals): 55,009yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 24 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —7 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Komono Town in Japan35.020°N 136.507°E

Territory of Komono Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.3km

Mie Prefecture: 四日市市, いなべ市
Shiga Prefecture: 東近江市, 甲賀市

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Komono Town isthis kind of town.

01Shide-kobushi (star magnolia) is said to be named for its long, thin petals that resemble the paper shide hanging from a sacred straw festoon, and the spring-fed wetland at Tabika, with its plant communities, is a national natural monument
02Komono Domain went to its abolition in 1869 with no transfer of lords, the Five Hundred Rakan of Takenari is a prefectural historic site, and Komono-giku, which bears the town's name, is the town's flower
03Yunoyama Onsen and Mount Gozaisho are also in the town, which the town's website describes as a sightseeing base of northern Mie Prefecture

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Komono Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗