- Komoro, Nagano
Infobox City Japan
Name= Komoro
JapaneseName= 小諸市
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Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Nagano
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Area_km2= 98.66
PopDate=December 1 ,2005
Population= 45,287
Density_km2= 459.00
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CityHallPostalCode= 384-8501
CityHallAddress= 3-3-3 Aioi-chō, Komoro-shi, Nagano-ken
CityHallPhone= 0267-22-1700
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.komoro.nagano.jp/ City of Komoro]nihongo|Komoro|小諸市|Komoro-shi is a city located in Nagano,
Japan .As of
May 1 ,2006 , the city has an estimatedpopulation of 45,190. The total area is 98.66 km².Municipal Timeline
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February 1 ,1954 -Komoro absorbed the villages of Kawanabe, Kitaoi, and Osato from Kitasaku District.
*April 1 ,1954 -Komoro gained city status after the villages of Minamioi and Mioka from Kitasaku District was merged into Komoro.
*April 1 ,1959 -Parts of the town of Tobu (now part of the city of Tomi) was merged into the city and the city has been unchanged since.Education
High school
*Komoro-shogyo High School
*Komoro High SchoolJunior High school
*Ashihara Junior high school
*Komoro-higashi Junior high schoolightseeing
Key Sights
* Kaikoen, a park in the center of Komoro containing the foundations of Komoro castle as well as a museum dedicated to Shimazaki Toson (see below) and a zoo.
* Nunobikki, a temple dating from 1252 located at the top of a ravine. About a 5 minute drive outside of town, walking is possible if you know where to go.
* Mountain hiking in Takamine, close to the active volcano Mt Asama, about a 30 minute drive uphill from Komoro.Famous Residents
*Shimazaki Toson, poet and writer. Toson spent a period teaching in Komoro, and is featured in a dedicated museum located within Komoro's Kaikoen park.
* [http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1281&Itemid=0 Sodo Yokoyama] , a leaf-flute Zen Master who lived as a hermit in Komoro's Kaikoen Park until 1980. Yokoyama was inspired by an earlier resident of Komoro, the poet and writer Shimazaki Toson. See Arthur Braverman's excellent [http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1281&Itemid=0 article] for some personal recollections of Yokoyama.External links
* [http://www.city.komoro.nagano.jp/ Komoro government official website] in Japanese
* [http://hometown.infocreate.co.jp/en/chubu/komoro/komoro-e.html Komoro sightseeing guide] in English and [http://hometown.infocreate.co.jp/chubu/komoro/index.html Japanese]
* [http://www.kanko.komoro.org/index.html Komoro Tourist Bureau] (in Japanese)
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