For those seeking a glow to their Christmas this year, a jewellery store in downtown Tokyo has just the answer: a pure gold revolving “tree” covered in Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell and Cinderella.
The tree-like ornament is made of 40kg of pure gold, standing about 2.4 meters high and 1.2 metres in diameter. It is decorated with pure gold plate silhouette cutouts of 50 popular Disney characters and draped with ribbons made of gold leaf.
The price tag? A mere 350 million yen (€3.3 million). The decoration took 10 craftsmen two months to complete.
For those with less ready cash, the Ginza Tanaka jewellery store offers a scaled-down version that features 20 Disney characters and stands 25cm high for a mere 2 million yen (€19,000).
Source: www.reuters.com
