What is Katsuyama Castle Museum?
{{Infobox museum|location=85-26-1 Heisenjicho, [[Katsuyama, Fukui|Katsuyama]], [[Fukui Prefecture]], [[Japan]]|name=Katsuyama Castle Museum|native_name=勝山城博物館|native_name_lang=Japanese|established=July 19, 1992|website={{Official|1=http://www.katsuyamajyou.com/}}|owner=Tada Kiyoshi Cultural Educational Commemoration Foundation (多田清文化教育記念財団, Tada Kiyoshi Bunka Kyōiku Kinen Zaidan)|type=[[Japan|Japanese]] museum|image=Katsuyama Castle, Fukui - 2016-04-26.jpg|image_size=250|caption=Museum on the outside|coordinates={{coord|36.042778|136.520833|display=inline,title}}|map_caption=The museum on the map of Japan|map_type=Japan}} '''Katsuyama Castle Museum''' (勝山城博物館, ''Katsuyama-jō Hakubutsukan'') is a [[museum]] that is in the [[city]] of [[Katsuyama, Fukui|Katsuyama]] in [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] [[Prefecture]] in [[Japan]]. The museum was finished on July 19, 1992. It is considered to be the tallest [[castle]] building in Japan, at 57.8 meters,<ref>{{Cite web|title=財団・博物館概要|url=http://www.katsuyamajyou.com/outline.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.katsuyamajyou.com}}</ref> but it is not a true castle, as it is a mock structure. It was built to look like the [[Himeji Castle|Himeji castle]]. The museum also stands out because it has [[Dragon|dragons]] cut into its [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]] stone, which is unusual for a Japanese castle. == History behind the construction == During the [[Edo period]] in Japan, the territory of modern Katsuyama City belonged to the Echizen-Katsuyama Domain (region). During that time, the city was planning to build a ''tenshu''. However, for different reasons, such as the [[Law|laws]] that were in place at that time, the city was never able to finish it.<ref>{{Cite book|title=福井県大百科事典|last=Yoshida|first=Kosuke|publisher=福井新聞社|year=1991|location=福井新聞社|pages=203|language=Japanese|trans-title=Fukui Prefecture encyclopedia}}</ref> Kiyoshi Tada, who was born in Katsuyama and who was the [[founder]] of Sōgōtakushi,<ref>{{Cite web|title=相互タクシー｜企業概要|url=http://www.sogotaxi