The Toi Gold Museum (土肥黄金館, Toi Kinzokukan) is a museum on the subject of gold mining in ancient and modern Japan, which is located next to the Toi gold mine in the city of Izu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Toi Gold Museum | |
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土肥黄金館 | |
General information | |
Address | 2726 Toi |
Town or city | Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 34°54′30″N 138°47′35″E / 34.908257°N 138.792920°E |
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The museum displays reconstitutions of the manufacturing process for gold during the Tokugawa period, ancient artifacts from the period, explanatory exhibitions about gold processing, and an exhibit of various gold ores from various places throughout Japan.
The museum received some fame for housing the world's largest gold bar, weighing 250 kilograms (8,000 ozt),[1][2] and representing a 2016 value of about 1.1 billion yen (US$9.7 million). The bar obtained an official Guinness record certificate for "The largest manufactured pure gold bar":[3]
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
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