{"product_id":"hakuza","title":"Hakuza","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.85); margin: 0 0 8px; text-align: left;\"\u003eHakuza\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 32px; text-align: left;\"\u003eGold leaf \u0026amp; gilded objects · Kanazawa, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eHakuza produces the gold leaf that makes up nearly 100% of Japan's domestic supply, using \u003cem\u003eenzuke\u003c\/em\u003e — a hand-hammering technique recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Gold is beaten between sheets of hand-made \u003cem\u003egampi\u003c\/em\u003e paper until it reaches just 0.0001 mm thick, taking on a soft, light-scattering texture that machine-made leaf can't replicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.55); font-style: italic; display: block; padding: 16px 0 16px 20px; border-left: 2px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.15); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: left;\"\u003e\"I listen to what the gold leaf itself is telling me, and let that guide how it should be expressed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin-top: 12px; display: block;\"\u003e— Mina Takaoka, Hakuza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 40px; text-align: left;\"\u003eHakuza was built as a gold leaf manufacturer from the start, and still oversees everything in-house — from hammering the leaf to designing the objects it becomes part of. Only around 15 artisans in Kanazawa can still hammer enzuke leaf by hand, a rare skill that founder Mina Takaoka has spent her career bringing out of ceremony and into everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Emotion International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40875007901825,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/3573\/7729\/files\/hakuflake_6c21fa74-d6f6-4164-be10-e12df444d431.jpg?v=1787919210","url":"https:\/\/byemotion-intl.com\/products\/hakuza","provider":"By Emotion International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}