What is "komatsu"

is a Japanese indigenous proper noun which means " ".

Komatsu may refer to:

• Komatsu, a city in the Ishikawa prefecture in Japan
• Komatsu Airport, an airport
• Komatsu Limited, a company mostly known for manufacturing industrial machinery
• Komatsu LAV, an armoured car
• Komatsu, Ehime, a former town, merged into Saijō, Ehime
• Komatsu (Japanese restaurant), a Japanese restaurant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
• Komatsu College, a private junior college in Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan, established in 1988

Komatsu may also refer to:

• Higashifushimi-no-miya/ Komatsu-no-miya, a cadet branch of the Japanese royal family
• Komatsuhime (1573–1620), Japanese woman of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo periods
• Komatsu Akihito, a member of the Japanese imperial family
• Adney Y. Komatsu (1923–2011), first general authority of Japanese descent in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Ayaka Komatsu (born 1986), model/actress
• Hideki Komatsu (born 1967), professional Go player
• Hosei Komatsu ( 小松方正), and actor and voice actor
• Rika Komatsu, voice actress
• Sakyo Komatsu (1931–2011), science fiction writer and screenwriter
• Satoru Komatsu ( 小松聖), a baseball player
• Takeo Komatsu, a late photographer
• Tatsuo Komatsu ( 小松辰雄), a baseball player
• Yoma Komatsu (born 1975), musician
• Miho Komatsu, pop singer
• Erik Komatsu (born 1987), baseball player
• Komatsu Kiyokado (1835–1870), Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who went on to become a government official of the early Meiji period

is a Japanese restaurant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is known as the "Navy Restaurant Komatsu" and was a preferred eating location for Japanese naval officers prior to, and following, the Second World War; American Navy personnel and those related to the Japanese navy have also patronized the establishment in significant numbers.

On May 16, 2016, Komatsu restaurant caught fire. The smoke spewed from the inferno engulfed nearby buildings downwind of Komatsu, plunging them into darkness and forcing the residents of the nearby buildings to be evacuated.