Kanazawa Yasue Gold-Leaf Museum
This museum focuses on and exhibits gold beating tools and artistic handicraft articles collected by Komei Yasue, a famous gold leaf artisan. Visitors can see the manufacturing process of gold leaves. The museum exhibits a large number of works including folding screens, Noh costumes, Kutani porcelain, a Kanazawa Buddhist altar, Kaga lacquer work, and Kaga incrustation work.
Information
- Address
- 1-3-10 Higashiyama, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Price
- Adult: 310 yen, group 20 persons min.: 260 yen per person, person of 65 years old or over: 210 yen, person below high-school age: Free
- Business Hours
- 9:30–17:00 (Visitors must enter by 16:30)
- Regular Holidays
- Tuesdays (Next day if Tuesday falls on a holiday), Dec. 29 to Jan. 3, priods of exhibit change
- Parking
- None
- Parking: Large Vehicle
- None
