金泽

制作回忆：金泽个性化铝制餐具架

30mins

体验金泽传统工艺和个人创造力的融合，在历史悠久的铸造厂设计和雕刻您的铝制餐具架。这项独特的活动让所有年龄段的参与者都能探索可追溯到 1714 年的金属铸造的丰富遗产，并将个性化、耐用的日本文化带回家。

Tour Highlights

Choose from approximately 15 modern designs for your personalized cast aluminum cutlery rest.
Using a hammer for engraving, personalize your cutlery rest with names, initials, dates, or unique patterns.
Tour traditional sand casting foundry with a history dating back to 1714, currently operational since 1971.
Observe the melting and casting process at 15:00, subject to the manufacturing schedule, with alternative tours available.
Experience crafting with traditional sand casting techniques and materials refined to Japanese industrial standards, ensuring durability and safety for food contact.
Create a cutlery rest from recycled aluminum used in newspaper printing, melted at around 800℃, making it a sustainable and auspicious gift or talisman.
Enjoy the unique and satisfying sound of manual engraving during the creation process.

Workshop Agenda

Name Engraving Experience

Selection Phase: Choose your preferred design from about 15 modern cast aluminum cutlery rest options.

Engraving Workshop: Engage in a hands-on engraving session where you'll use a hammer to imprint letters and numbers onto your chosen cutlery rest. Personalize your item with a unique pattern, name, initials, a significant date such as a birthday or anniversary, or even a serial number.

Tour of a Traditional Sand Casting Foundry

Foundry Tour Introduction: Visit a traditional sand-casting foundry with a lineage dating back to 1714 and learn about its operations since its modern inception in 1971.

Melting and Casting Demonstration: Scheduled for 15:00, watch the fascinating metal melting and casting process. Note that the exact timing of this activity may vary based on the manufacturing schedule. Should any changes occur, a comprehensive tour of the foundry and its various processes will be provided as an alternative.

Essentials to Know Before Booking

Reservation: Select participants, date, and start time online; call if past the deadline (TEL 076-267-3003).
Experience Days: Weekdays, some Saturdays; max 30 people; check the calendar.
Times/Duration: 10:00, 13:00, 15:00 starts; 30 minutes
Age: 3+ years; guardians for children; wear suitable shoes for foundry visits.
Cutlery Rest: Various designs; aluminum alloy; round, square, Kamahachi sizes.
Location: 6-100 Matsumura, Kanazawa; parking for seven cars; 8-min walk from "Kannondo" bus stop.