Japanese broadcaster TBS has the citizens of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture in an uproar after it reported on a recent game show that it was a massive build-up of human waste that cause the defenders of the Aizuwakamatsu Castle to surrender during a major battles during the 19th century.

Aizuwakamatsu Castle was one of the last holdouts of the Shogunate forces during what the Japanese call the Boshin War, the conflict between the feudal Shogun warlords trying to maintain the status quo and the Imperial forces aiming to restore the Emperor’s rule during the 1860s and 1870s.

The defenders of the besieged Aizuwakamatsu Castle (also known as Tsuruga Castle) have long been held highly as heroic, valiant fighters, pitted against overwhelmingly powerful foes in a fight they were doomed to lose.

The City of Aizuwakamatsu and its official tourist board have protested to TBS and to the production company that made the show, demanding an apology and a retraction.

Thanks to Mr. Pink