Shitara (設楽町, Shitara-chō) is a town located in Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

[3] During the Edo period, most of present Shitara was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

After the Meiji Restoration, the area was organized into several villages within Kitashitara District with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.

The town of Shitara was established on September 30, 1956 through the merger of Taguchi with the neighboring villages of Damine, Nagura and Furikusa.

The primary industry of Shitara is agriculture, with rice, tomatoes, cabbage and daikon as the main crops.