After crossing Imoyama and Seyama, near Yoshino High School, it makes a large left turn and continues downstream (Oyodo Town) in a relatively straight line.

The Kamiichi district, where the town hall is located, is densely packed with houses in the small space between the river and the mountains.

Nara Prefecture Yoshino has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mention this place as a stopover on the eastward journey of Emperor Jimmu to conquer Yamato.

Yoshino has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of ten members.

The town of Yoshino produces a wide variety of wood-based goods made from lumber harvested from the local forest land.

Most of the forest within the Yoshino area is artificial, consisting of red cedar and cypress trees that have been planted and harvested in cycles for 500 years.

According to a local story, Prince Oama (later to become Emperor Tenmu), taught the residents of Kuzu the process of making washi in the 7th century.