The gold leaf, which Kanazawa is famed for its production, adds a touch of prestige to the cube but at a steep price. The 3-D combination puzzle is being sold for 300,000 yen ($2,000), including tax.

An curved arrow pointing right. Kanazawa is the gold leaf capital of Japan. A local shop, Hakuichi, is playing into that reputation with a special treat: gold leaf-covered soft serve. The best ...

Kanazawa became a center of silk weaving and dying, and many crafts associated with the Japanese tea ceremony including ceramics and confectionaries. Gold and silver leaf work was by law permitted ...

Meet traditional yet innovative artisans in Kanazawa. This is a story of people ... For an elegant touch you can sprinkle gold leaf onto the Jonamagashi. There's a large variation in climate ...

For instance, when hammering out extremely thin gold leaf sheets, they stick easily in low humidity, which explains why Kanazawa City in Ishikawa Prefecture – the prefectural capital and ...

Hakuichi Co., a gold leaf maker based in the prefectural capital ... Passengers now have to transfer twice at the Tsuruga and Kanazawa stations to get to the hot spring resort from Osaka.