Toi Gold Museum
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The 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 Toi, Shizuoka
, Japan
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The museum displays reconstitutions of the manufacturing process for gold during the Tokugawa era, 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 kg, and representing a value of about 400 million yen. The bar obtained an official Guinness record certificate for "The largest manufactured pure gold bar":
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Gold mining
Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...
in ancient and modern Japan, which is located next to the Toi gold mine
Toi gold mine
-Galleries:The galleries of the mine total about 100 kilometers in length, over a surface of 37 hectares, and go as deep as 180 meters below sea level. The area visible for tourism is about 350m long, and goes about 150 meters deep into mountain rock.-Legacy:...
in the city of Toi, Shizuoka
Toi, Shizuoka
was a town located in Tagata District, Shizuoka, Japan on the west coast of Izu Peninsula facing Suruga Bay.On April 1, 2004 Toi was merged with the towns of Amagiyugashima, Nakaizu and Shuzenji, all from Tagata District, to form the new city of Izu....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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The museum displays reconstitutions of the manufacturing process for gold during the Tokugawa era, 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
Gold bar
A gold bar is a quantity of refined metallic gold of any shape that is made by a bar producer meeting standard conditions of manufacture, labeling, and record keeping....
, weighing 250 kg, and representing a value of about 400 million yen. The bar obtained an official Guinness record certificate for "The largest manufactured pure gold bar":
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