When KAT-TUN’s TV show 『What’s up KAT-TUN？』 (Fuji Television Network), visited Imai Kinpaku in Kanazawa in October 2021, and fans are still coming even though it has been almost a year since the show aired. It is already a sacred place, isn’t it?
A shopkeeper explains the location of 『What Katsun』
Commemorating the 15th anniversary of KAT-TUN’s debut, 『What’s a Katoon to Do?』 began in April 2021. . It is a variety program in which Kazuya Kamenashi, Tatsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Nakamaru realize 「what the three of us would like to do now」 that each of them thought of.
In the broadcast episode in October last year, we enjoyed a trip to Kanazawa. While eating nodoguro and visiting Kanazawa Shrine, the final stop was Imai Kinpaku. They experienced gold leaf pasting, wore gold leaf sunglasses, and ate gold leaf soft serve ice cream.
According to a fan’s tweet, the store owner remembers in great detail and even tells you who did what and where. It would be fun to reenact 『What Katsun』 in your brain.
The gold leaf spa and gold leaf soft experience will be interesting.
This is a bit off topic, but if you were watching the Sunday drama 『Shin Nobunaga Kouki: Classmates are Warlords of the Warring States』 (NTV), remember the scene when Tokugawa Ieyasu (Ozawa Yukiyoshi) was asked to look into the well by the chairman (Emoto Akira). It was like an eerie white fog, wasn’t it?
The Kinpaku Reisen (sacred spring) at Imai Kinpaku looks like a well, but instead of being eerie, it is glittering and almost dazzling. It was also featured in the movie 『What Katsun』, wasn’t it? And the gold leaf soft experience sounds interesting, too, if it is difficult when the wind is flowing due to the air conditioning.
Store Information
| Store Name | Imai Kinpaku Honten |
| Location | 7-3 Saiwaicho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture (1st floor of the headquarters building) |
| Phone number | 076-223-8989 |
| Business hours: 10:00-17:00 Closed on Mondays and Fridays |
☆Kanazawa Information
・Soft serve ice cream using Kanazawa’s famous 「gold leaf」! 【Kanazawa Gourmet】
