Sakura Showcase: Osaka Mint Bureau
The Mint Bureau (Zoheikyoku) opens to the public for a week of night hanami. Rare cherry varieties lit beautifully.

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造幣局の前身である造幣寮は、余剰ガスでガス灯を灯し、日本初の街灯として見物人を集めた。
Zōheikyoku no zenshin de aru Zōheiryō wa, joyō gasu de gasutō wo tomoshi, Nihon hatsu no gaitō to shite kenbutsunin wo atsumeta.
The Mint's forerunner, the Zōheiryō, lit its lamps on surplus gas and drew crowds as Japan's first street lights.

造幣局 (zōheikyoku) is the Mint, where a nation stamps its coins. So why is the character for "money" built around a strip of cloth?

Break the word into three. 造 (zō), to make. 幣 (hei), money, currency. 局 (kyoku), a bureau. Together: the currency-making bureau, the Mint.