Tuesday, 28th June 2005 (3317 views)

A top bullion house in Japan has unveiled the first of six 18 carat gold baths to furnish a group of hotels.

Created by Tanaka Kikinzoku, the bath is roughly 1.2 metres long and 65 centimetres deep, and was made using 50 kilograms of gold.

Worth 120 million yen (£600 million) each, the six tubs are to be installed at the Mikazuki group of hotels in the Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo.

A spokeswoman for the Mikazuki group told Reuters that the baths would be communal, as is customary in Japanese hot spring resorts.

"We will probably put it in a separate room, however, for security reasons," she stated.

Tanaka Kikinzoku produced its first gold bathtub in 1964. It offers a range of items rendered in gold, from toothpicks to Buddha statues, at its store in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo.

 

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