Hitakami

Hitakami () is a country name found in ancient Japanese texts. There are different theories as to which country the word "Hitakami" may have represented. According to , the word "Hitakami" represented the country of Yamato because the full name of Yamato is . However, in works such as the the word "Hitakami" was used to represent the northeastern regions of what is now Japan.
The name of the old Japanese province , which corresponds to modern-day Hidaka Subprefecture in Hokkaido, is derived from the name "Hitakami".