Kamitaira, Toyama

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{{nihongo|Kamitaira|上平村|Kamitaira-mura}} was a village located in Higashitonami District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 956 and a density of 10.09 persons per km². The total area was 94.77 km².

In the early 16th century, a monk named {{ill|Dōshū|ja|道宗 (真宗門徒)}} spread the Jōdo Shinshū. A valuable old document left by Doshu still remains at {{ill|Gyotokuji Temple|ja|行徳寺}}.

On November 1, 2004, Kamitaira, along with the towns of Fukuno, Inami and Jōhana, the villages of Inokuchi, Taira and Toga (all from Higashitonami District), and the town of Fukumitsu (from Nishitonami District), was merged to create the city of Nanto.{{cite web|title=A Survey of Nanto City|url=https://www.city.nanto.toyama.jp/webapps/www/english/index.html|website=Nanto City|accessdate=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110005208/https://www.city.nanto.toyama.jp/webapps/www/english/index.html|archive-date=10 November 2017|url-status=dead}}

The World Heritage Suganuma village is located in Kamitaira village.{{cite web|title=World Heritage Suganuma Gasshodukuri Village|url=http://www.tabi-nanto.jp/en/sightseeing/world_heritage_suganuma_gasshozukuri_village.html|website=Toyama Japan, Nanto|accessdate=16 July 2017}} Kamitaira is one of the three villages of the Gokayama region, famous for the World Heritage gassho houses. The traditional culture of Gokayama is extremely well preserved, especially the traditional dance, the Kokiriko.