Daitō (大東町, Daitō-chō) was a town located in Higashiiwai District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Daitō village was created on April 1, 1889, within Higashiiwai District with the establishment of the municipality system.

On April 1, 1955, it annexed the neighboring towns of Surisawa and Ohara, and the villages of Okita, Sarusawa and Shinutami.

On September 20, 2005, Daitō, along with the towns of Higashiyama and Senmaya, the villages of Kawasaki and Murone (all from Higashiiwai District), and the town of Hanaizumi (from Nishiiwai District), was merged into the expanded city of Ichinoseki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

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