Having escaped the air raid during the World War II, Naramachi flourished as the former urban district of Nara City after the war and, in April 1990, the area was designated as 'the Naramachi Urban Landscape Formation Area' (approximately 48.1ha) in accordance with the Nara City Landscape Conservation Regulation.
第二次世界大戦の空襲を免れたことにより戦後は奈良市旧市街地として栄え、1990年4月、奈良市より奈良市都市景観条例に基づき「奈良町都市景観形成地区」（面積約48.1ha）の指定を受ける。