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Dagashi – Kosaku Ishibashi’s Love Affair with Traditional Hometown Sweets
LIXIL Gallery 1 & 2
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Kosaku Ishibashi
Kosaku Ishibashi (1900–1976) was the second-generation owner of Ishibashiya, a Japanese sweets shop founded in Sendai in 1885 that is still in operation today. While making traditional hometown sweets with the shop’s confectioners, Ishibashi spent some 50 years researching “dagashi” penny candies from around the world. He recorded them in notes and drawings and even expertly designed clay replicas numbering more than 1,000. Ishibashi’s records are an invaluable account of dagashi, some of which no longer exist. The cultural contexts of these sweets shed light on the way people of their era lived. See some 200 examples of dagashi from across Japan, presented in books, artwork, replicas, and more.
Schedule | Jun 7 (Thu) 2018-Aug 25 (Sat) 2018 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | LIXIL Gallery 1 & 2 https://www.livingculture.lixil/en/gallery/  | ||||||
| Location | 2F LIXIL:Ginza Tokyo Tatemono Kyobashi Bldg., 3-6-18 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 | ||||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 2 at Kyobashi Station on the Ginza line, 3 minute walk from exit 6 at Ginza-itchome Station on the Yurakucho line, 3 minute walk from exit A4 at Takaracho Station on the Toei Asakusa line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-5250-6530 | ||||||
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