Higashiyoshino, Nara

Higashiyoshino (東吉野村, Higashiyoshino-mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

It is now kept as a specimen at the British Museum[2] Located in central Nara Prefecture, the majority of the village is mountainous.

Higashiyoshino has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village council of eight members.

Higashiyoshino, collectively with the other municipalities of Yoshino District, contributes two members to the Nara Prefectural Assembly.

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

Higashiyoshino Village Office