This article is about the former town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Yamato, Kanagawa. For other uses including other towns with the same name, see Yamato.
Yamato (大和町; -machi) was a town located in Minamiuonuma District, Niigata, Japan. The town was established as a village in 1956, and promoted to a town in 1962. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 15,195 and a density of 116.07 persons per km². The total area was 130.91 km². On November 1, 2004 Yamato merged with the town of Muika to form the new city of Minamiuonuma.
