Japanese gold coins used in 17th and 18th century are displayed in the main tower.
This piles of gold coins were used to make a pair of golden dolphin.
It weighs just under 200 pounds (90kg).
You can tell how rich the Owari-Tokugawa clan was!
They can leave such amount of gold outside and showing off there power.
I say dolphin but actually it is Shachihoko or Shachi.
A mythical creature with the head of a tiger and the body of fish.
They are believed to have the power to preventing fire.
It is not filled in gold.
The dolphin shaped structure was made by wood and painted in lacquer.
Then thin plated gold were placed all over.
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