Workshop tour and coaster foil stamping experience with lacquer artist Naoya Takayama

【Highlights】
- You can tour the workshop while listening to a talk by Naoya Takayama, a lacquer artist who has won numerous awards and whose works were presented to the heads of state and their spouses at the 2024 G7 Hiroshima Summit.
- You can experience gold leaf application on a coaster, utilizing the skills of craftsmen who make Hiroshima Buddhist altars, a designated traditional craft, and take it home with you on the same day.
- You will have special access to the workshop, which is usually off-limits, and participate in the experience.


[Itinerary]

10:00 Workshop tour at Takayama Kiyoshi Workshop (1F Hiroshima Buddhist altars, 2F art gallery)
Gold leaf coaster application experience at the workshop
12:00 End
*For groups of 10 or more, the workshop tour and experience will be rotated.
*Start time can be adjusted upon request.
*Morning and afternoon (13:00~) sessions are also available.

[Details]
After touring the workshop while hearing directly from Takayama Naoya, who created the works presented to world leaders at the G7 Hiroshima Summit, participants will experience applying genuine gold leaf to tour-original lacquer coasters created by Mr. Takayama, using the gold leaf techniques of Hiroshima Buddhist altars, a traditional Hiroshima craft. Mr. Takayama was born as the fourth generation of the family to create Hiroshima Buddhist altars, a traditional Hiroshima craft, and creates works that pursue the beauty of Japan while inheriting the traditional lacquer painting techniques honed over generations. Although Hiroshima suffered the atomic bombing, the techniques that have continued since the Edo period have not been interrupted and have been passed down to the present day.