Diamond-studded Christmas tree going for 200.7 million yen

Diamond-studded Christmas tree going for 200.7 million yen

TOKYO, Japan - A diamond-studded Christmas tree is on display at the Nihonbashi Takashimaya department store in Tokyo on Nov. 13. The 40-centimeter-tall Christmas tree is studded with 400 diamonds, the largest weighing 3 karats, and lined with chemically treated miniature roses. The Christmas tree comes with a teddy bear with a diamond necklace. Takashimaya says the set was specially designed for Christmas 2007 with the price set at 200.7 million yen. Without the diamonds, the tree and the teddy bear carry a more affordable price tag: 52,500 yen. The diamond Christmas tree set will be displayed for public viewing from Nov. 14 to Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000658588
  • Registered date
  • 2007/11/13 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1648 × 2003 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 611.43(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Agile robot helps keep office neat and tidy

    Agile robot helps keep office neat and tidy

    TOKYO, Japan - This undated photo shows an office cleaning robot that Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. and Sumitomo Corp. unveiled as a joint product on Nov. 25, 2009. The companies will try to put the 95-kilogram robot, capable of making small turns between the legs of desks and chairs, into practical use in one year, with a price tag of 3-4 million yen. (Kyodo)
      15-m tall Christmas tree lights up Tokyo department store

      15-m tall Christmas tree lights up Tokyo department store

      TOKYO, Japan - A mother and her baby pose for a commemorative photograph in front of a 15-meter tall Christmas tree, one of the largest in Japan, at the Mitsukoshi department store in the plush Nihonbashi shopping area in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2009, with a ''Green Santa Claus,'' an environmental goodwill ambassador from Denmark. The eco-friendly tree made of metal for repeated use and decorated with 25,000 light-emitting diode bulbs that require less power will be set up at the store's central hall until Dec. 25, store officials said. (Kyodo)
        Tanaka Kikinzoku unveils Tokyo Tower statue made of pure gold

        Tanaka Kikinzoku unveils Tokyo Tower statue made of pure gold

        TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveiled a statue of Tokyo Tower made of pure gold at its flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Dec. 3. The 66-centimeter-high statue, which carries a price tag of 50 million yen and was made to commemorate the jeweler's 50th anniversary of business establishment, will be displayed at the store until Dec. 25. The company said it will produce more statues if it receives orders for them. (Kyodo)
          Solar-powered Xmas tree with LED illumination goes on display

          Solar-powered Xmas tree with LED illumination goes on display

          TOKYO, Japan - A 15-meter-high solar-powered Christmas tree with some 20,000 light emitting diode, or LED, lights is unveiled for the season at the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Nov. 1. The tree will remain on display until Dec. 25. (Kyodo)
            Seized drugs on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police

            Seized drugs on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police

            TOKYO, Japan - Hemp and other illegal drugs along with other material evidence seized by police from New Zealander Hossein Rahmati, Rahmati's Japanese wife and three of their foreign associates in Tokyo on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Dec. 14. Tokyo police say 1 kilogram of hemp and cocaine and 90 tablets of MDMA drugs, worth about 30 million yen on the streets, have been seized. (Kyodo)
              Silver 'hina' dolls to be sold to commemorate princess' wedding

              Silver 'hina' dolls to be sold to commemorate princess' wedding

              TOKYO, Japan - A set of silver ''hina'' dolls commemorating the wedding of Princess Sayako on Nov. 15 is displayed at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 22. The set consists of two dolls representing an emperor and empress wearing the court dress of the Heian period (794-1185) and three dolls representing court ladies serving the emperor and the empress, sitting on a vermillion-lacquered platform. Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. will sell the ''hina'' dolls at 150,000 yen per set for display at the annual March 3 Doll Festival. (Kyodo)
                World's most expensive wedding garment on display

                World's most expensive wedding garment on display

                OSAKA, Japan - What is claimed to be the world's most expensive wedding ''uchikake'' (garment worn over a bride's kimono) is put on display at an Osaka department store Nov. 2. It took veteran dyer Tomitaka Miyamoto took three years to finish the garment that contains about 110,000 pearls and gold leaf in abundance. The department store assessed its price at 800 million yen.