Created on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the castle’s reconstruction, the mascot of Kokura castle is a tiger, because in the zodiac this is the animal representing the year 1866, when the old castle was destroyed.
As a castle mascot, Toraccha is obviously a samurai, wearing a sword and a kabuto helmet. Here it is, painted on the vending machines nearby the castle…
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