Itakura, Niigata
Itakura was a town located in Nakakubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,526 and a density of 113.16 persons per km2. The total area was 66.51 km2.
On January 1, 2005, Itakura, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Maki, Ōshima and Uragawara, the towns of Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa, and the town of Nadachi, was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.