The mascot of the Hirosaki castle is a hawk, and the reason is a pun on the other name of the castle, Takaoka. In Japanese, taka means hawk, hence the mascot is Takamaru-kun, a cute samurai samurai hawk, designed at the 400th anniversary of the castle.
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