Takatori Town

Nara Prefecture · Town

Takatori Town is south of Asuka at the foot of Mt. Takatori, and on the mountain remain the stone walls of Takatori Castle, counted among Japan's three great mountain castles. In the Edo period it prospered as the castle town of the Uemura clan, and old streets continue along the Tosa Kaido road. It is also a "town of medicine," where the pharmaceutical trade, such as household medicine kits, has long been active.

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Population: 6,039 1,355th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.3% 451st in Japanfrom 6,729 in 2020
Area: 25.79 km² 1,493rd in Japan
Population density: 234 people/km² 763rd in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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