Uda

Uda lies on the Pacific coast of Mutsu, north of the Sōma family's earlier seat at Odaka. In 1611 Sōma Toshitane moved his residence to Nakamura Castle here, making it the centre of the Nakamura domain. Built on a natural hill, the castle overlooked a town laid out below. From this northern seat the Sōma lords governed their coastal territories through the Tokugawa period.