True craftsmanship is impressive, regardless of the people or culture. Although you have to admire the dedication involved in producing consistent results almost entirely by hand.
@@TheIndigo1child A large Yankee Candle can go for around $35 each, so it’s not like they’re any cheaper here… And yeah, things that are handcrafted are more expensive because they are unable to take advantage of economies of scale.
What's funniest sometimes I would pour hot candle wax on my hands and my friends thought I was crazy and I'm just like..... It's not hot enough to burn, it's just kind of hot. And I'm talking about like little tea light candles not some huge candle that's been burning for 4 hours. I told my friend to hold out their hand and I would show them that it wasn't that painful, they got a tiny bit of wax on them and they screamed and pulled their hand back and ran Cold water on it..... No they didn't actually get a burn or a blister and they seemed super overdramatic lol.
Sort of similar to how broken ceramics are repaired (& celebrated) by using gold to fix & show the cracks, creating something beautiful from broken ceramic items. Japanese do not throw things out like Americans, they repair them & I respect that. My father was an engineer & he fixed everything that was mechanical but he wouldn’t ever have thought to fix a broken vase in the manner that Japanese do.
@@PapaElegua If that's the case, why not try making some as a hobby? I'm reluctant to display something I made at home or give it to someone I know, but it's worth it to display it at home. I think it is good! This is what I'm going to make next time I break a plate or vase. I have to be careful about getting injured though.
They use more wax than necessary to fill the mold. They slice the layer of excess off the top, toss it on a pile to be melted down and reused later, and return to the workstation to tip the mold over and free the actual candles.
Am I the only one who read it as Japanese CANDIES? 😅 Imagine my confusion when they cut the candies that unappetizingly looked like wax. Then painted them so beautifully with sakura flowers. 😅
I thought it said candies too!! I was REELING from this process until the last moment when I realized they were shaped like candles and re-read the title. LOL
@@H4nik0rei I think this whole depression thing is becoming worldwide phenomenon. South Korea for example, have one of the highest suic rates (maybe highest in world)
The hand painting part is quite impressive since I'm sure some machine printing option may also be available but it probably won't be as attractive as hand painted.
@@beethao9380they have been made that were for hundreds of years… they also last longer than most European candles which are industrially manufactured which makes them cheap. On the other hand these TRADITIONAL candles are each hand made from the wick all the way to the art painted on it. You should really look at the bigger picture before calling any artisan a scammer, I’m pretty sure you, yourself wouldn’t be able to make something HANDMADE like those candles
The editing on this made it hard to actually decipher what was going on during the manufacturing process. It was still cool to watch a craftsman at work.
And this is why I don’t demonize those with discerning (expensive) tastes. The care and craftsmanship that go into some of these things is astounding and in this McWorld, very needed IMO.
We really don't appreciate the stuff we use constantly well enough! I love the flowers painted on the candles. I guess I'll Google around a bit to see if I can get them in Germany somewhere.
OMG I am so exited, few months ago I start using a service that delivers japanese snacks and as a gift it contain a little box of candles just like these
I wish every country made things like Japan, they have such craftsmanship or crafts'womenship. 😊 many things I have seen is just truly beautiful, I wish to go to Japan one day. I watched a thing on the recycling there too, in this small village there they recycle everything and it's their responsibility to take it all sorted and cleaned to the center at the Community Hall, it's just such a good way.
As a CT native I love that Connecticut keeps throwing them off because it looks like one of the big square states when it is in fact a little square state
Every year my mom would go to make the Christmas candles at church 🕯 for the Moravian Church Christmas ceremony/play/worship they had. I wish I had gone with her to see how they were done.
The thing that makes me especially infuriated about rage bait content is that it *works*. You can’t directly call them out on it because any engagement is good engagement, for these people- it rewards them for purposefully wasteful behavior. It’s like an ourobourous of dumb evil bs. Truly wretched
Curious how big and how long the candle burns for. Because commercially made 250g - 300g candles usually are around $30 to $50 and will burn for 45 hours usually. So if the hand crafted candles burn just as long then they are around the same price as commercially made ones, while being more beautiful and kinder to the environment.
They are $70 for 2!! Idk this feels like a scam to me. They look very small too definitely not going to burn to 45 hours. That’s obvious from the video. I’m sure you could find better one cheaper out there that are handmade too. You can see how small they are at the end. They are really small so they will probably burn pretty fast too.
So pretty! My relatives make candles in bulk by hanging wicks off a round wheel thing and they pour the wax down the wicks and turn the wheel to go to the next candle. They repeat this multiple times until they apply all the layers of wax. Then they trim the wicks and wax. The shape and thickness is not as consistent as the candle moulds used here, but they have the flexibility of making thinner or thicker candles using the same equipment.
I think these are used as a way for geishas to assess their value. The tea-house madamé will burn one candle after another for as long as a geisha entertains one of her patrons and later get paid by a multiple set on each candle. I also know of incense sticks used for the same purpose. And each design is unique to each geisha.
Dude. I read this as “candies” instead of “candles”, and I got three quarters the way through this thinking “man, I’m not sure how edible this stuff really is.”
What are you talking about? The only difficult part would be painting each and every single one by yourself. As long as you know how to work the wax molds, It wouldn't be that hard.
