A jewellery store in Tokyo is celebrating the festive period by putting on display a gold Christmas tree valued at £1.4 million (200 million yen), The Telegraph informs. 

The extravagant decoration, created by the jewellery store Ginza Tanaka, is made up of nearly 4,000 feet of fine wire processed from 42 pounds of pure gold.

Standing at 6.6 feet tall, the luxurious creation has small gold stars festooned among the delicate wires and was reportedly handcrafted by the jewellery store’s in-house artisans.

Located in the heart of Tokyo’s upmarket retail district Ginza, the store unveiled the tree – which is available to buy - as part of its 90th anniversary celebrations in a bid to cheer up shoppers after a difficult year.

Takahiro Ito, the store manager at Ginza Tanaka, said: “In the current situation where the global economy is suffering as a result of economic instabilities like Brexit, we made this gold Christmas tree hoping it will wipe out gloomy news and provide a bright and shiny future.”