Gojō, Nara

Gojō (五條市, Gojō-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Located in western Nara Prefecture, the Yoshino River flows west through the city.

During the Edo period, it was a castle town and part of the tenryō holdings under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

It was raised to city status on October 15, 1957 by merging with the town of Nohara and the villages of Makino, Kitauchi, Uchi, Sakaibe, Oata, and Minamiata.

Gojō has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 12 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Nara 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.