Mount Komaki (Komakiyama Castle)
小牧山
A small hill where Oda Nobunaga built a castle in 1563 and where Tokugawa Ieyasu set up his headquarters during the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute. The summit museum overlooks the Nobi Plain.
Mount Komaki is an isolated hill 86 meters above sea level on the Nobi Plain. In 1563, Oda Nobunaga moved here from Kiyosu to build a castle for his campaign against Mino. Large stone walls excavated in recent years show that it is one of Japan's earliest castles built with stone walls. In the 1584 Battle of Komaki-Nagakute, Tokugawa Ieyasu used the hill as his headquarters against Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Komaki City History Museum at the summit is a replica keep-style building completed in 1968. It displays Sengoku-period materials, and its top floor overlooks central Nagoya and Mount Ontake. Admission is 100 yen. At the foot of the hill, the Rekishi Komaki exhibition center uses models to recreate castles from Nobunaga's era. It's about a 20-minute walk from Komaki Station on the Meitetsu line, and the climb to the top takes about 15 to 20 minutes. It pairs well with Kiyosu Castle and Inuyama Castle.
Opening hours
History museum 9:00 am–4:30 pm; closed on the third Thursday of each month and other set dates
Nearby sights
- Kiyosu Castle
- Nagoya Castle
- Tokugawa Art Museum & Tokugawa-en
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
- Noritake Garden
- Shikemichi Historic District
- Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER & Hisaya-odori Park
- Oasis 21