Kamikitayama

Kamikitayama (上北山村, Kamikitayama-mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

As of October 1, 2016, the village has an estimated population of 486. The total area is 274.05 km².

The village has an aging population. Between 2002 and 2007 the population declined by 15.6%. This trend has continued. It is one of the villages expected to be extinct by 2040.

Neighboring municipalities

• Nara Prefecture
  • Shimokitayama
  • Gojō
  • Totsukawa
  • Kawakami
  • Tenkawa
• Mie Prefecture
  • Kumano
  • Owase
  • Ōdai
  • Kihoku

Education

• Primary Schools
  • Kamikitayama Elementary School
• Junior High Schools
  • Kamikitayama Junior High School

As of 2012 the two schools have a combined student population of 27. Even with such a small student body, in 2009 the village began employing an ALT(Assistant Language Teacher) of English from the JET Programme to live and work in village.

Notable places

• Yoshino-Kumano National Park
• Mount Ōdaigahara
• Sakamoto Dam
• Higashinokawa Post Office

External links

• Media related to Kamikitayama, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
• Kamikitayama official website (in Japanese)