Nagoya Castle's two iconic golden statues of a mythical half-tiger, half-fish creature were taken down Monday to spend several months on exhibition in the central Japan city.A helicopter lifted the male and female "Shachihoko" from the spine of the castle tower's highest roof and deposited them on open ground in front of a prefectural gymnasium about 400 meters away.Each statue measures about 2.6 meters in height and weighs around 1.2 tons. They will be stored in a local warehouse until the exhibition, being held in hopes of boosting the local tourism industry which has been badly dented by…READ FULL ARTICLE
