I actually made "DIY CANDY KIT [Karesansui made with funny things]" sold by Heart. Purchased at "Hikara Yokocho" in Asakusa. The price is 500 yen (tax included) per box.
This is a set that allows you to make realistic "Karesansui" with sweets such as ramune and chocolate. With a mini-sized rake (a tool for writing sand crests), you can enjoy the process of drawing sand crests. One box contains a dry landscape garden, rock tray, rake, powdered ramune (for rock), powdered ramune (for sand), and chocolate-flavored sweets. Prepare a mug, spoon, plate, measuring spoon, and water in advance.
DIY CANDY KIT [Karesansui made with fun]
■ I actually made it
1. Put 2 bags of powdered ramune (for rock) and 5cc of water in a mug. Mix well with a spoon so that the powderiness disappears and the water spreads throughout.
2. Pack the mixed ramune tightly in a rock tray and level it so that the surface is flat. Put it in the refrigerator as it is
3. Put 4 bags of powdered ramune in a box and smooth it evenly on the flat part of the rake.
4. Take out the rock that you put in the refrigerator earlier on a plate and place it on the smoothed powdered ramune as you like.
5. Draw a sand crest with a rake and place a stone (chocolate-flavored confectionery) in the desired position to complete it!
■ Feeling Zen ……
At first, it is difficult to adjust the force, but as you get used to it, you will be able to draw beautiful sand patterns on the sand (ramune). Reproduce traditional patterns such as vortices, waves, checkers and water crests, and move the rake as you can think of. You can draw as many times as you like by smoothing the surface.
An English translation is also included in how to make it, so it's a perfect souvenir for foreigners! You can make your own dry landscape garden, "Karesansui made with fun". It would be fun not only to work on it alone, but also to make it with friends and family.