Crystal glass Xmas trees sparkle at Hakone museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Christmas tree decorated with crystal glass is put up in the garden of the Venetian Glass Museum in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 30, 2014, for exhibition. Two trees, 10-meter and 7-meter tall, are adorned by some 80,000 and 70,000 pieces of crystal glass each.

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