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| Sakuda Gold and Silver Leaf
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 Address:
Higashiyama 1-3-27 Kanazawa 920-0831
TEL:076-251-6777
FAX:076-251-6677
Fee: Gold leaf craft Hands-On experience: ¥ 500
(Reservations required)
Open Hours:9:00-18:00
Hands-on experience schedule: 9:00/ 10:30/13:00/15:00
Holidays:Open all days
Access:Take a JR bus from JR Kanazawa station till Higashiyama bus-stop. 2 minutes
walk from the bus-stop.
URL: http://www.goldleaf-sakuda.jp/english/index.html
For 80 years, Sakuda has continued to spread the Gold and Silver Leaf art of Kinpaku*,
which has been cultivated through a long history of 400 years. Sakuda produces
and sells golden 'byobu' (folding screen) and various gold leaf art and craft
as well as "Aburatori-gami" (face oil blotting paper) which are very popular.
You can also have a hands-on experience of Kinpaku. You can make your original
works by applying kinpaku on chopsticks or small boxes in a design that you like.
* Kinpaku (Gold Leaf) is gold which is beaten into an extremely thin paper-like
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| Hakukokan: Hakuichi Main
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Address:Morito 2-1-1 Kanazawa
TEL:076-240-8911
Free Admission
Open Hours:9:00-18:00
(Gold leaf 'hands-on experience' will be accepted till 16:30)
Holidays:1st of January
Access: 3 minutes by car from Kanazawa West I.C .on the Hokuriku Expressway and
15 minutes from JR Kanazawa station by car
URL:http://www.hakuichi.co.jp/
You can learn about the history, culture and manufacturing processes by taking
a free tour of Hakukokan. The brilliantly glittering "Kinpaku no Ma" or the "Room
of Gold" is especially beautiful. At Hakukokan, you can shop for Kinpaku (gold
leaf) products as well as try your hand at making your own gold leaf artifacts.
In addition, a number of gold leaf products that are not available in department
stores or other retail shops can be bought here. |
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