Kominato (小湊町, Kominato-machi) was a town located in Higashitsugaru District in central Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

During Edo period when the area was controlled by the Tsugaru clan of Kuroishi Domain, what would become Kominato was the center of power for the eastern part of the Kuroishi Domain.

[1] After the conclusion of the Pacific War, the point where the Morita River meets Mutsu Bay on the coast of Kominato was chosen by the Ministry of Transport as the site of a shipping port to Hakodate, Hokkaido to replace the port destroyed in Aomori by air raids.

[3] The town once had a busy port, connecting the Japanese islands Honshu and Hokkaido to the north by ferry; however, the ferry services were moved to Aomori by the beginning of the 20th century.

They returned to Kominato after 90 percent of Aomori was destroyed by American B-29 bombers during World War II; however, the services moved once again when Aomori recovered from the air raids.