Gold Leaf Art & Japanese Sweet Making
Moderate Activity
Shopping Opportunities
Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
You'll enjoy hands-on experiences with traditional Japanese artisans as your guides!
Creating and utilizing gold leaf is another of Japan's traditional crafts and more than 98% of it is produced right here in Kanazawa. Even the fine water and humid weather in this city plays an important role. A visit with gold leaf artisans will give you an excellent introduction to a craft that arose during the Hakuho and Tenpyo periods (645-794). It has been used locally in various places lending a beautiful sparkle to temples, lacquerwares, textiles, and ceramics.
This hands-on gold leaf experience offers a glimpse of this various steps used in this age-old process. Consisting of pure gold and small amounts of silver and copper, the gold is pounded to a thickness of just a thousandth of a millimeter. To give you an idea of just how thin the gold leaf becomes, picture gold leaf craftsmen pounding a piece of gold the size of a 10 yen coin into the size of a tatami mat.
After making your own Gold leaf art, learn about Japanese sweets, an essential part of Japan's renowned tea ceremony. Called 'wagashi' and made from a variety of tasty ingredients, the sweets are beautiful, delicate and often designed to reflect the current season. In this unique program, you will mix and decorate your own soft dough made from rice and bean paste and then enjoy your hand-made creation.
You'll gain insight into how much thought and care goes into each different type of 'wagashi.' Conceived during the Edo Period (1603-1868), the Kyoto Tea Ceremony culture influenced the evolution of the sweets and they came to be a symbol of the host's prestige and generous hospitality. Over the years, food lovers from around the world have become enthralled by the tasty morsels and their appeal to all five senses. Even the ear becomes engaged by the lyrical Japanese names that are bestowed on each 'wagashi.' When spoken aloud, they evoke the most pleasurable images.
You'll return to the pier with the memories of a truly unique cultural encounter.
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Moderate Activity
Shopping Opportunities
Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
You'll enjoy hands-on experiences with traditional Japanese artisans as your guides!
Creating and utilizing gold leaf is another of Japan's traditional crafts and more than 98% of it is produced right here in Kanazawa. Even the fine water and humid weather in this city plays an important role. A visit with gold leaf artisans will give you an excellent introduction to a craft that arose during the Hakuho and Tenpyo periods (645-794). It has been used locally in various places lending a beautiful sparkle to temples, lacquerwares, textiles, and ceramics.
This hands-on gold leaf experience offers a glimpse of this various steps used in this age-old process. Consisting of pure gold and small amounts of silver and copper, the gold is pounded to a thickness of just a thousandth of a millimeter. To give you an idea of just how thin the gold leaf becomes, picture gold leaf craftsmen pounding a piece of gold the size of a 10 yen coin into the size of a tatami mat.
After making your own Gold leaf art, learn about Japanese sweets, an essential part of Japan's renowned tea ceremony. Called 'wagashi' and made from a variety of tasty ingredients, the sweets are beautiful, delicate and often designed to reflect the current season. In this unique program, you will mix and decorate your own soft dough made from rice and bean paste and then enjoy your hand-made creation.
You'll gain insight into how much thought and care goes into each different type of 'wagashi.' Conceived during the Edo Period (1603-1868), the Kyoto Tea Ceremony culture influenced the evolution of the sweets and they came to be a symbol of the host's prestige and generous hospitality. Over the years, food lovers from around the world have become enthralled by the tasty morsels and their appeal to all five senses. Even the ear becomes engaged by the lyrical Japanese names that are bestowed on each 'wagashi.' When spoken aloud, they evoke the most pleasurable images.
You'll return to the pier with the memories of a truly unique cultural encounter.