William Kato Kiyomasa was not the type on whose pointy end one would want to end up on, as his famous feud with Ishida Mitsunari portrays. A notable adventure of his was to invade Korea in 1598, where he reputably killed a tiger; he’d apparently planned to bring its meat back to his sovereign, Hideyoshi, but ate it on the spot as food was short. (Legend has it that Hideyoshi had hoped both would die there, thus eliminating a couple who threatened his new shogunate.) Kato Shrine, next to the castle, would like to remind us of the good parts of this story in this, the Year of the Tiger, by erecting a tigerish façade suitable for photographs. Just hope you don’t meet the real Kato in person: He’d run you through before giving a thought about breakfast. https://kumanichi.com/articles/548192