Kurotaki, Nara

Kurotaki (黒滝村) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

As of April 2017, the village has an estimated population of 745 and a density of 16 persons per km2. The total area is 47.71 km2.

Geography
Located north of Mount Yoshino, it is part of the municipalities in the Kii Mountain Range.
 * Mountains : Mount Kashihara, Hyakukaidake

Surrounding municipalities

 * Nara Prefecture
 * Gojō city
 * Yoshino town
 * Kawakami village
 * Tenkawa village
 * Shimoichi town

History

 * 1889 - Minamiyoshino village is created in Yoshino District
 * 1912 - Minamiyoshino village is divided into Kurotaki village and Niu village
 * 1949 - A portion of the village is merged into Akino village (now Shimoichi town)