Kitakami

Kitakami is a town positioned in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2017, the city had an anticipated population of 92,945, and a populace density of 212 folks in line with km2 in 37,1/2 households. The overall vicinity of the metropolis is 437.55 square kilometres. The metropolis is well-known for the sakura that bloom in Tenshochi Park. The vicinity of gift-day Kitakami was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled in view that at least the Jomon period through the Emishi people. The region was a stronghold for the Emishi chieftain Aterui until his loss of life at the arms of Sakanoue Tamuramaro.

During the later part of the Heian period, the vicinity was ruled by means of the Abe clan, and became a battleground in the course of the Former Nine Years War. The Abe had been followed by the Northern Fujiwara clan. During the Sengoku length, the location came underneath the control of the Nanbu extended family. The place changed into a part of Morioka Domain throughout the Edo length, underneath the Tokugawa shogunate, except for villages on its southeastern border, which had been beneath Sendai Domain. You can come here and explore this place.