Japan’s City of Gold Protects a Valuable Tradition
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- In the Japanese town of Kanazawa, everything glimmers in *gold*. The town is responsible for producing 99 percent of all the gold leaf in the country. The gold foil, known as kinpaku, is pounded down to 0.0001 millimeters and sold to local craftsmen to be used on bowls, chopsticks, statues and even food. For the artisans responsible for creating kinpaku, keeping a valuable tradition alive is its own reward.
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These videos are so addictive
I know! I wish all ads were like this.
Real
Agreed
Absolutely
Yes
That's my city! Kanazawa literally means Golden Marsh ⭐ A fitting name for the city that makes nearly all the gold foil in Japan 😊 Thanks for visiting Great Big Story!
@Rojm Rosales No
@Rojm Rosales No way
@Rojm Rosales Not at all my friend.
That's great , you live in a great place
Hi from amarica :3
Imagine getting your thumb smashed by that machine
Barsbold Jargalnemekh lol
*ass
you are scaring me
.. Japanese tradition
Hi
Wonder how many times that thing has smashed a finger
Omg that's so cool! I just visited kanazawa today and I'm heading to tottori right now. The place is amazing and packed with culture. Awesome video!
Can I stay with you?
Can I stay with you, after you move to stay with him.
Mrlegitbeans are you on vacatation?
Bart the Plug yep. Visiting relatives 🙂
Lucky!!
The editing is so cute! I've been to Kanazawa before with my mom before, I was overwhelmed with the amount of gold there. I'm so happy you made this video, my interest on how the gold is made has been quenched after three years.
Is it legit so thin that it's edible?
Well, gold is non-reactive; so it's safe to eat.
Lau Zhen Zhoa I mean, I've eaten napkin before just for the heck of it. I'm pretty sure a lot things you could eat without side effect because your body effectively ignores it. But don't quote me on it
Lau Zhen Zhoa and it's cheap
Yes it is! I've had it before in this exact city. It kinda stick to you lips tho :p
So you'll basically shits gold, eh? And flush it down the toilet.
I visited Kanazawa without even knowing about it. But man Japan is such an amazing cultural hotpot with so many amazing stories and people should have cherished it more when i went there a few years back.
This is one of the valuable traditional artwork in Japan.
I love Kinpaku art.✨They look so special and gorgeous.
I've been here for a school trip. It's absolutely beautiful and I totally recommend coming here if you have the chance :)
This is the quality of
Japan 🇯🇵.
Something I love about Japan. They’re culturally predisposed to perfectionism, to give their all at anything they attempt and see fault as failure: and it makes anything they do shine with passion and quality.
I wish the video was longer, there's probably so much more to know about the topic
A very interesting channel I like this :)
YAY!!! I lived just outside of there for a school year... even went to the gold museum that he may work at (there were people dealing with the gold leaf down in the basement, and I was given some of the extra flakes by a worker there). And yes, there are allllll sorts of gold leaf souvenirs in Kanazawa, and you can get a tube of gold leaf flakes to put on desserts for only about $10. We in North America kind of overvalue things with gold leaf on them, as the gold leaf covered ice cream is pretty common in Kanazawa and ranges from $5-$10.
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The amount of gold in gold leaf is minuscule. The weight of one of those sheets is almost as light as air - it disintegrates when you touch it if it isn't glued down. They cover the domes of some churches with it.
So, new life goal. I wanna move to Japan and become this guy's apprentice and just make gold foil for the rest of my life.
did you make it?
@@jonkrade6644 Not yet :(
@@jaspirita Nooooo i manifeest you'll make it one day
did you make it yet?
Great Big World never fails to entertain me with mind blowing facts.
Awesome stuff keep up the good work!! 😊
I love how modest Asian cultures are. They don't need huge homes or fancy cars or the latest phone. I wished we were more like that here in America. If you told someone you made gold foil for a living here, you'd be ridiculed by many. Keep doing what you're doing, Asian cultures, cause y'all are winning in the modesty game.
Oh my god Haruki is smilling
I really wish these videos were longer :(
These videos are great! Make them longer!😭
You know what also is pure gold and silver? This channel! You guys deserve more subs
If that hits your hands
Goodbye world
0:02 "This here is a tiny owl. We call him "a rookie *whisper*" ...what??
1:30 "Look, there's a rookie" ..? :/
2:02 Haruki? Is it's name supposed to be Haruki..?
The whisper was
Wow he is shiny
If that you s ur question
And the first to times he tells haruki but it sounds like rookie
That was not my question.
I want to taste gold
Edit: actually eat gold (foil)
Same
It actually has no taste :P and the texture is barely noticeable. It's just a pretty, pricey garnish that makes an otherwise-mediocre cappuccino cost $16.
Lan Duong Haha this lady speaks the truth.
It just makes a food look good thats all.
ofcourse :D , It has no taste because ıt is a metal. You can not take any elements by your tongue :D
Japan arts has real entusiasm and spirit. Lets support art and craft....
Japan just does everything the best man... history... innovation
EDIT:
(this comment was just my opinion people!!) There are many sarcastic replies and i understand japan did things wrong in the past but almost every single nation did. However today theyre one of the best in preserving history and they are MOVING ON and innovating faster than most nations. So we should move on too and learn from the past wars etc. Instead of being petty and dwelling on other people's mistakes. I didnt mean to offend so many haters on here!!!
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The Pacific Campaign.
Dank Potato anime, manga and yes😉 what you said
the nanking "incident"
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Kanazawa is a beautiful place!
I visited it 13 years ago and would like to go back there superb castle and gardens
One day I won't need subtitles I keep saying to my self
THESE people should feel proud.
“Japan is the country of production.”
China: Hold my beer
Not anymore.
China is the country of cheap/copy production.
@@colcobird It is now, but in the past, it wasn't.
@dulphinanson2732 That was actually a mistranslation on the channel's part. The word Mr. Matsumura used was "craft" or "craftsmanship", not "production".
I saw a Hyundai Genesis the other day and I thought "wouldent it be great it we visited this small town in japan that makes gold foil and is the only place left in japan that does.Lets also get a small owl and make it a mascot for the video we will make about this place as well as doing extra research so that we can really inform the people who will watch this video."
Thank you for inspiring me Genesis.
I really love Japan's own unique sense of culture and tradition. They're overflowing with it and Japanese people respect it so much it shines in whatever they do and say. I wish my country could say the same.
1:43
China: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT
1:43
Germany 🇩🇪 : Are you sure about that
2:00 every family photo 😂😂
I have eaten silver foil many times (thanks to my favourite sweets kajubarfi from my beloved homeland India)
It is pretty much safe (also kajubarfi is very expensive so, there's no chance that i'll eat it too much.)
So we can say all lf those gold got "foiled" hehe he he
Been there kanazawa has a really cool train station
Gold and silver foil is also very common in India. We use it on various items, including on sweets and desserts.
Do one on the "Liberty Walk"
Wow the owl seems like it has more worth than me
1:42 the poor guy looks like somboddy is pointing a gun to his face 😂
Love this channel
OMG, everyone in Japan takes pride in what they do. I want to move there. XD
This vid makes me love Japan and the Japanese people even more... and I already had a thing for them !!
Haruki is best boio.
Fun fact: Japan’s Kinkaku-Ji temple THANG has a gold layering that is one 2,000th of a millimeter thick
_This exlains why I kept seeing golden owls in my trip to Japan..._
So glad I've subscribed to this channel. Videos are awesome.
1:41 before Japan was a nation of war
TENNOHEIKA BANZAI
Beautiful city.
In India we gold foil on sweets all the time gold and silver foils "all the time" if you are rich. Alot of sweet shop's uses gold and silver foils on their sweets mostly silver.
I want that owl
Here in Saudi were am I working we used edible gold foil from Japan. We used it to decorating the cakes.
Kazanawa's curry is liquid gold.
I know what you did there lol
The tiny owl Horuki & a good luck cat for XMAS.. PLEASE...
great video ❤️
Shiny owl freindo!
I absolutely LOVE japan😍
1:56 I like hiw he works with gold, but still wears normal clothes.
What else should they wear? Can't think of other apparels for this job. They aren't goldsmiths, they work with miniscule amount of gold as artistic ingredient, no need for anything fancy.
Gold gold everywhere ✨
Not new for me in India it is made by hands no machines #in lucknowwe use to it these silver and gold foil on sweets ,dishes e.t.c
Very good video!
In Vietnam we do the same but more manual
I would like one of those owls for my collection
This is charming, but I wished you guys showed a local craftsman and asked about their art too. It just seems more fitting if there were two.
Haruki is so damn cute
The golden temple is gold too🤩
the owl ... so cute
why the fuck would i put paper on top of my icecream
gonzales Sorto ooooooh boi you dont know
Mr Teepawt still its fucking paper
nhim con its still fucking paper
I agree even though it's thinner and gold, gold doesn't taste good. We can rule out that it makes people feel fancy because it's so commonly used. I guess because people who eat that stuff are dumb?
I'd eat it
Another golden moment
Really want to try gold ice cream.
Awesome
I want to go there
Love Japan !!
So the duolingo bird name's haruki... Interesting
to replace aluminium foil
I think your nomenclature is wrong. What they appear to be handling is gold leaf. Gold foil is thicker, much like a very thin, but still stiff aluminum foil.
We use this gold and silver foils for sweets and medicines as per Ayurveda this helps in maintaining balance of hormones, keeps you young and shiny and helps in strengthening bones .
Fun fact, gold leaf used to be pounded between goat scrotums so get it super thin so the word for testicle is literally gold ball, or 金玉
i remember my time in japan where we were given expensive icecream with gold sprinkles. I didnt believe at first but now I think I do...
I would die for haruki
0:40 with captions
That man speeking has an addiction with rookie owl lol
Haruki sempaiiiii
When you think you know all about Japan. This guys comes with "bet you didnt know this.."
Hotdaang!
At least that's thicker than my school toilet paper
I would have preferred a deeper treatment of the topic.
Makes wonderful shiny gold foil. Wears pink crocs.
I think of a hermit crab when I hear shiny.
I love gold very much.
Serious One Piece vibes with the name "City of Gold"
Love u haruki xx
I’m such a slut for gold foil like I put that shit on my nails (looks beautiful on a clear acrylic set on its own), decorated my leather couch, all sorts of things. My favorite finish ever ever ever
The way he pronounces ‘Haruki’ as rookie...
Wow shiny!
Haruki⭐️
Haruki!❤️☺️
We stan for this.
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