Hiyama

Hiyama lies inland from the mouth of the Yoneshiro River in northern Dewa. Its mountain castle was the seat of the Hiyama Andō, a family that expanded its power along the northern coast and later adopted the name Akita. They ruled from Hiyama through much of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Under the Satake lords who followed, the settlement remained an administrative centre for the Noshiro and Yamamoto country.