[2] Mitsue is located in the southern portion of the Soni Plateau, and the upper part of the Nabari River is situated here.

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

Nosegawa, collectively with the other municipalities of Ikoma District, contributes four 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.

The village is developing a new program to revitalize the forestry industry it by exporting model homes to Thailand, where similar wooden architecture has largely disappeared.