Kamakura Chokin Koubou — Local services in Kamakura

This place will help you MAKE your wedding bands and/or engagement ring. You literally go from a piece of sad looking piece of metal to a proud professional shiny ring in 4 hours. Best experiences I've had in a while.

You need to schedule an appointment and the number of couples were very limited. I'd say about 5-6 couples can fit in twice a day (a total of 12 couples allowed per day). It was full on a rainy Sunday.

When we entered, we were assigned a staff member that walked us through and completed our rings. Our ring specialist was Mari Nakahara which was awesome! She was small, but was able to bend platinum and sculpt our rings to perfection. Very kind to compliment our amateur work then quickly fixed it to perfection for us. We took a lot longer than other couples, but she worked with us happily. Thank you so much for the pleasant experience, Mari!

Details * You walk in and first have to choose what you are making. Weddings bands? Engagement Ring? Both?

Choose the type of metal - white gold, yellow gold, pink gold, platinum

Choose the band width - 1.5mm / 2.0mm / 2.5mm (or other)

A piece of metal is brought out to you and your staff member will hand hold you through the entire process. You burn, hit, scrape, carve, sand, polish, take photos, take videos, talk, laugh, sweat for 4-5 hours then it's done.

Choose your engraving inside the ring

Choose any stones you want inside or outside your ring

Choose any customization

I am not good with my hands but with the help of Mari, everything came out beautifully. Quite amazing even now. How did that piece of metal become this ring?

I hate paying for jewelry, but this was one experience/jewelry I'd...

Proposed to my partner in the morning, then brought her here to make our wedding rings together. We opted for 18K white gold and decided to make each other’s ring. The staff were extremely professional, supportive, and kind. After 3 hours of bending, scrubbing and scraping, we walked out with our custom, traditionally made (even the etching was done by mechanical means), perfectly fitted rings. It was an incredibly memorable experience and I can’t recommend it enough - especially considering how much value you’re getting in the shared experience relative to purchasing a...

Visited Japan for vacation and booked an appointment with them. My girlfriend and I had Yuka as our instructor and she was extremely kind and patient. She double checked out work and refined our mistakes but also made sure to keep the essence of our personal projects. The shop was extremely clean and well kept and this matched the quaintness of the city. Service was amazing, and Yuka even helped us take photos along the journey. 100/10 would recommend this ring-making experience if you happen to be...