Aimi

Aimi lies in western Hōki, beside the waters of Lake Nakaumi and the port town of Yonago. Kikkawa Hiroie began building Yonago Castle on Minatoyama in 1591; it was completed around 1602 under Nakamura Kazutada. His retainer Yokota Muraaki helped lay out the castle town, but in 1603 he was killed amid factional conflict, provoking an unsuccessful rising by his family. Yonago went on to become a political and commercial center of western Hōki.