Yabu

Yabu lies in the mountainous interior of Tajima, along the Maruyama River. Toyotomi Hideyoshi established a small domain at Yagi, whose castle town governed the district until the castle was abandoned after the Battle of Sekigahara. In the Edo period, the San'indō road and river transport made the valley a centre of traffic, raw silk trading and the sale of Tajima cattle. The shogunate also controlled the Akenobe copper mine in the mountains.