Noto

Noto projects into the Sea of Japan, its bays and mountains sheltering the stronghold of the Hatakeyama lords. Their great mountain castle at Nanao overlooked a town that became a center of political and literary life. In 1576 Uesugi Kenshin invaded the peninsula and besieged the castle. He returned the following year, and with help from a Hatakeyama retainer inside the defenses, took it in 1577, bringing the family's rule to an end.