These are salt piles for daily use in shops, entrances, living rooms, toilets, bathrooms, and kitchens, eliminating the need for daily replacement. Gold represents prosperous business and good fortune. The purifying salt used is "Misio-mori" from Urifu Shrine, the sixth sacred site of the Shimane Izumo Kokushinbutsu Reijo, famous for its god of purification that drives away evil. "Purification and the revival of vitality." These salt piles ward off misfortune from shops, residences, buildings, etc.