Japan · Art & Craft

【金沢体験】星稜高校と共同開発！鋳物タブレットスタンドに名入れ刻印体験

30 Minutes Round trip from Kanazawa Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Engrave your own cast-metal tablet or smartphone stand
02 Choose from 3 stand designs developed with local high school students
03 Use alphabetic and numeric engraving with a hammer
04 Visit a traditional sand-casting foundry with roots dating back to 1714
05 Short 30-minute experience that fits easily into a Kanazawa itinerary
06 Create a personalized keepsake with names, initials, dates, or numbers

Discover a hands-on craft experience in Kanazawa where traditional foundry techniques meet modern design. In this short workshop, you will personalize a cast-metal tablet or smartphone stand developed in collaboration with local high school students, creating a practical keepsake with your own engraved name, initials, dates, or numbers.

The experience also includes a guided visit to a traditional sand-casting foundry with roots dating back to 1714. It is a great way to enjoy a piece of Kanazawa’s manufacturing heritage while making an original item to take home.

Discover a hands-on craft experience in Kanazawa where traditional foundry techniques meet modern design.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 30 Minutes

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Kanazawa

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Tablet/smartphone stand original name engraving experience

■Experience days: Weekdays and some Saturdays

■Start time: 10:00, 13:00, 15:00

■Time required: About 30 minutes

■Access: Kanamori Alloy Co., Ltd. (6-100 Matsumura, Kanazawa-shi)

[Itinerary]

▶ Personalized engraving experience

■Select your favorite product from 3 types of tablet stands developed together with local high school students.

■I will engrave with a hammer using alphabetic and numeric engraving.

Create your own cutlery rest with your own pattern, name, initials, birthdays, anniversaries, serial numbers, etc.

▶ Tour of traditional sand casting foundry

■You can visit a traditional sand casting foundry that has been handed down since 1714.

Here is a guide to the current foundry that has been in operation since Showa 45.

* The tour time for the melting and casting (metal pouring) process is 15:00, but there is a possibility that it will change depending on the production schedule. In that case, we will guide you on a tour of the foundry and other processes.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map — Round trip from Kanazawa 1 city · 30 Minutes

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

ENTRY OR ADMISSION FEE
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX

Know before you go

■Experience days: Weekdays and some Saturdays
■Start time: 10:00, 13:00, 15:00
■Time required: About 30 minutes
■Access: Kanamori Alloy Co., Ltd. (6-100 Matsumura, Kanazawa-shi)
* The tour time for the melting and casting (metal pouring) process is 15:00, but there is a possibility that it will change depending on the production schedule. In that case, we will guide you on a tour of the foundry and other processes.

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