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 km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 66.51 km<sup>2</sup>.
On January 1, 2005, Itakura, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Maki, à Âshima and Uragawara (all from Higashikubiki District), the towns of Kakizaki, à Âgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagà  and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Jà Âetsu.