Niikawa

Niikawa occupies eastern Etchū, where mountain valleys descend toward the coast and the road to Echigo. Matsukura Castle served as a political and military center of the district, while its coastal outpost at Uozu guarded routes by land and sea. In 1582 forces of Oda Nobunaga besieged Uozu, held for the Uesugi. The castle fell on the day after Nobunaga's death at Honnō-ji; once news reached the besiegers, they withdrew.