Although gold leaf manufacturing was prohibited around 1820 for a while with policital reason at Edo period, people protected and kept their craft secretly.

Consequently, they refined a technique for high quantity as well as quality with limited materials.

More than 98% of Japanese gold leaf is manufactured in Kanazawa.

In the past, gold leaf was merely a "material, but nowadays it has been recognized and admired as a "Japanese traditional craft.’ Kanazawa gold leaf has been used for not only architecture and interior, but also food, cosmetics, stationary, tableware and more.

Here, we see a few examples of Kanazawa gold products, but the possibilities are endless. Kanazawa gold leaf can be used in a wide variety of applications.