For generations, the artisans of Ishikawa Prefecture, located in the Hokuriku region along the northern coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, have been renowned for their skill with gold leaf.

Then again the city, the capital of Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s Honshu ... 99 per cent of Japan’s gold leaf is produced here), but also afforded a certain amount of protection because ...

The Hokuriku Shinkansen (bullet train) debuted in March 2015, uniting Japan’s two largest cities with this long-time favorite of Japanese travelers on the Sea of Japan, in the Ishikawa region.

Ancient Japanese gold leaf artists were truly masters of their craft. An analysis of six ancient Namban paper screens show that these artifacts are gilded with gold leaf that was hand-beaten to ...