Kanazawa's traditional "Kinpaku" Elementary school students put on lacquer ware and experience traditional culture November 19, 6:29

Kanazawa's traditional "Kinpaku" whose manufacturing technology has been registered as an intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO.

In Kanazawa, elementary school students experienced the work of pasting "Kinpaku" on lacquer ware and became familiar with traditional culture.

This experience session was held by Kanazawa City to familiarize itself with the traditional culture of its hometown. On the 18th, about 70 elementary school students gathered at a tourist facility in the city.



At the beginning, the staff of the facility explained that the gold powder is extremely thin and only about one copy paper thick even if 1000 sheets are stacked, and that 99% of the gold powder used nationwide is made in Kanazawa.



After that, the children put a paper pattern with a hollowed out design such as cherry blossom petals on a small plate of lacquer ware, and stuck gold on it.



Then, when the paper pattern was carefully peeled off, a glittering gold-plated pattern appeared on the surface of the black lacquer ware, and the children enjoyed showing each other small plates.



A 6th grade girl who participated said, "I was able to successfully put a design with autumn dragonflies on Kanazawa Castle. I wanted to find out more about Kanazawa so that I could inherit the tradition of my hometown." ..