Annexed by the city in 1941,[6] it borders the neighborhoods of Shimokitate on the east, Yanagida on the north, Tegata on the west and Sakura and Yokomori on the south that is bounded by Taihei River.

[15][16][6][17] The neighbouring places include an area of native forest named "Woods of Green Boy" as a part of Tegatayama.

[20] The school was formed in a private house of Yanaisado, Hiroomote Village, Minamiakita District, Akita, on 3 November 1874 (Meiji 7).

[6] The Hiroomote baseball club won prefectural titles several times under the reign of manager Tatsuro Tsuruta(鶴田達郎) in late 70's and 80's.

[23][24] Hiroomote Jidokan (広面児童館, children's center) is attached and it occasionally turned out to be a polling station placing ballot boxes.

[6] The Hiroomote ES logo consists of "hiro" letter in kanji and three unhulled rice, which represents Virtue, Wisdom and Body.

[62] Akita's Joto claimed its maiden title at Japan's National Junior High School Baseball Championship at Yokohama Stadium in 1982.