Y120 million gold bathtub stolen from hotel in Chiba

An 18-karat-gold bathtub worth roughly 120 million yen was stolen early Wednesday morning from a bathing area for men at a hotel in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, police said. Employees of the Kominato Hotel Mikazuki confirmed that the 80-kilogram tub was in place at 2 a.m. in the bathing area on the 10th floor of the hotel, but at 9 a.m. they found that the tub had been removed and the chain on the door to the room had been broken.

The tub, which is 1 meter 10 centimeters long, 60 cm wide and 55 cm deep, had been placed in a glazed room and the door to the room was locked with the chain and padlock when not in use. Police said there were no marks on the floor showing that the heavy tub had been dragged. The hotel installed the tub, manufactured by a jewelry company in Tokyo, in 2005.