Natori

Natori lies on the Sendai plain, where the Natori and Abukuma rivers approach the Pacific. Iwanuma grew as a post town on the Ōshū Kaidō and as a settlement before Takekoma Shrine. In 1660 a branch domain was established there for Tamura Muneyoshi, with lands divided from Sendai. Travellers, shrine worshippers and goods moving along the rivers all contributed to the town's life.