Kashiki-gata: Giving Shape to Beauty
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum Osaka
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Kashiki-gata are wooden molds used to give Japanese sweets and snacks such as rakugan sugar candies their decorative shapes. Designs include flowers and plants like plums or lotuses, seasonal motifs, and auspicious symbols such as cranes, turtles, and treasure ships. Each kashiki-gata is carved with prayers for happiness in mind. Rakugan and other sweets given as gifts and for special occasions were especially highly valued before the era of refrigeration. This spring exhibition features 220 examples of kashiki-gata.
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Kashiki-gata Sweets Tasting
Date: June 4 (Sun) 11:00–16:30
Fee: 500 yen
Kashiki-gata Sweets Making Demonstration
Date: June 4 (Sun) 13:00–13:20, 14:00–14:20, 15:00–15:20, 16:00–16:20
Please see the official website for details.
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from 3月 04, 2017 at 10:00 to 7月 17, 2017 at 17:00
Closed on Wednesdays. Open on public holidays (closed following day). Last entry at 16:30.