Something I noticed a long time ago is that posters seem to be more popular among anime fans overseas than in Japan. That’s not because Japanese fans don’t appreciate the artwork of their country’s ...

In the 1700s, there were about 300 artisans making gold leaf in the city. Now there is just Marino Menegazzo, who is also one of very few remaining in Europe. Marino Menegazzo held an ingot of gold.

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. In a post-pandemic world full of pent-up patrons going out and dressing up again, gold-adorned ...

Kanazawa gold leaf is a traditional Japanese material known for its remarkable thinness, just 100 nanometers—about 1/1,000 the diameter of a human hair—and its brilliant shine. Made using the entsuke ...