Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi

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Nishiyatsushiro (西八代郡; -gun) is a district located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of February 1, 2006, the district has an estimated population of 17,878 and a density of 238 persons per km². The total area is 75.07 km².

As of March 1, 2006, the district has only one town left.

Ichikawamisato (founded on October 1, 2005 by the mergers of the towns of Ichikawadaimon, Mitama and Rokugo)

Before the Massive mergers of Showa, the east shore of Fujigawa belonged to Nishiyatsushiro District, and the west shore belonged to Minamikoma District, but on February 11, 1955 when the town of Okawauchi merged with the town of Minobu from Minamikoma District and 3 towns to form the new "town of Minobu in Minamikoma District," and later in the same year of April 1 when the village of Sakae merged with the village of Akatsukisawa from Minamikoma District to form the town of Nambu in Minamikoma District. Parts of the village went to the town of Ajisawa in Minamikoma District of Daido on September 30, 1956, then parts of the town of Ichikawadaimon followed suit on January 1, 1958, and in April 1, 1958, when parts of the town of Shimobe merged into the town of Nakatomi in Minamikoma District, Nishiyatsushiro District started to eat more areas by Minamikoma District.

On September 13, 2004, the town of Shimobe merged with the town of Minobu and Nakatomi, Yamanashi (both in Minamikoma District) to form the town of Minobu in Minamikoma District. Additionally on March 1, 2006, the northern part of Kamikuishiki (Furuseki, Kakehashi) merged into the city of Kofu and the southern part (Fujigane, Motosu, Shoji) merged into the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Minamitsuru District. The district used to have the area of the east shore of Fujikawa, but due to these mergers, the district is now merely the town of Ichikawamisato.