(Image Credit: ThorstenS/ Wikimedia Commons)
One of the most interesting things when studying the Japanese language is how easy it is to know the meaning behind the names of the country’s places. Tokyo, for example, literally means “eastern capital.” Yokohama, on the other hand, literally means “wide beach.” Then there’s Inuyama, which means “dog mountain”, where the “Inuyama Castle”, Japan’s oldest castle, can be found.
Unfortunately, the aforementioned castle just got invaded recently by none other than a pair of cats — the dogs’ archenemies — which is very poetic, if you ask me.
Like many samurai strongholds, Inuyama Castle has small openings in its walls for defenders to shoot arrows or fire muskets through. However, such openings are technically two-way in nature, and here we see a cat coming through one from the outside.
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While casualties are generally a forgone conclusion when attacking a fortified position, @rimamofu points out that both cats were actually at the castle with their human owner/general, who had them on a leash, and that neither animal was so wedged into the opening that it couldn’t easily extract itself.
Thankfully, nobody was harmed during the invasion.
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
See more details about this story over at SoraNews 24.犬山城猫挟まってる pic.twitter.com/Y4dmF33Q4U— 夏が来た🌞りまま(26) (@rimamofu) June 7, 2020
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