Gifts and souvenirs · Kanazawa

Gifts and souvenirs in Kanazawa

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Kanazawa · Gold leaf

Hakuichi Higashiyama

A branch of Hakuichi, a gold leaf maker from Kanazawa, in the building of an old public bathhouse in the Higashi Chaya district. A small tube of edible gold flakes (0.03 grams) for decorating food costs ¥2,160, and keeps for a year from the production date. The shop is open every day 9:00 to 18:00 and the cafe until 17:00. Soft-serve ice cream wrapped in a whole sheet of gold leaf, sold on site, started at this branch.

¥2,160 · ≈ $14MapsSource

Price checked September 2026

Kanazawa · Gold leaf

Kinpaku-ya Sakuda

A gold leaf maker near the Higashi Chaya district that sells gold products and runs a gold leaf application workshop. The cheap item is oil blotting papers for the face, made from the paper used in beating the gold: 30 sheets cost ¥385. The workshop lasts about an hour, four times a day from 9:00, and participants get a 10 percent discount on purchases in the shop that day. The shop is open 9:00 to 17:00, and the hours change with the season.

¥385 · ≈ $2MapsSource

Price checked September 2026

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