Shimokitayama, Nara


Shimokitayama is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
As of October 2016, the village has an estimated population of 855 and a density of 6.4 persons per km². The total area is 133.53 km².
Bordering on Kamikitayama to the north and Totsukawa to the west, it is the southeasternmost region in Nara Prefecture. It shares a border to the east with Kumano, Mie Prefecture, and to the south, with Kitayama, Wakayama Prefecture.

Geography

Shimokitayama is composed of seven main hamlets, arranged roughly in a circle, and Zenki, which is no longer inhabited but which once housed a religious community of shugendo practitioners, including Jitsukaga.
Roads lead north toward Nara from Ikehara, east toward Kumano from Shimokuwahara, south toward Kitayama from Kamikuwahara, and west toward Totsukawa from Uramukai.
;Ikehara
;Ikemine
;Teragaito
;Uramukai
;Sada
;Kamikuwahara
;Shimokuwahara
;Zenki