Counted among the three great ports, it thrived as a transport hub connecting the Kuzu River basin to the Japan Sea. After the Asakura clan's collapse, the Morita family of the port authority cooperated with Oda Nobunaga and Shibata Katsuie in controlling ship traffic and conducting maritime reconnaissance.
Medieval docking sites were affected by shifts in the Kuzu River; the coordinate represents the old port-town area of Mikuni where pre-modern streetscapes remain.
Certainty: HighHow far the account above is supported by the cited sources. It does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.