Gyokushodo Incense Sticks, Kako Omiya Hinoki Cypress blend, Less Smoke Type, Trial Size

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WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF FRAGRANCE

Koh-do (“Way of Incense”) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense. It has been known for over 1000 years and recognized as elegant and refined. It is important part of poetry and classical literature of Japan.

Incense burning is a source of inspiration. It brings inner peace and spiritual freedom to the mind.

There are two major types of incense in Japan.

Indirect-burning incense, which can be smoldering piece of fragrant wood, and direct-burning incense in a form of stick or cone, made from incense paste without a bamboo core.

Kohgen is selling exactly those types of Japanese Incense.

Since there is no bamboo core and incense is made from pure incense material, you can enjoy pure fragrance without underlying scent of burning wood.

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The process of making Japanese incense:
 

Blending the finest natural ingredients and binding them with the powder of Tabu-koh, the bark of Tabu-no-ki. Tabu-no-ki is Japanese huge bay tree (Machilus thunbergii), which belongs to Laurel family. After such combination is mixed with water it is extruded just like spaghetti, and then allowed to dry in a form of solid sticks of pure incense.

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  About aloeswood 

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In Japan aloeswood is seen as a sacred and important wood. It is one of the most distinguished ingredients of some Japanese incense.

During the Kamakura period (1185-1333) the Japanese began using various raw woods such as aloeswood in the making of incense. Some incense was used in a recreational way while others were used in the most important of religious ceremonies. This led to a classification system for grading the qualities of aloeswood. The very finest quality aloeswood is referred to as Kyara. Good quality aloeswood fetches very high prices and this is reflected in the prices of the highest quality aloeswood incenses. f

Aloeswood is also an important wood in the Middle East and in many places is burned daily to accompany prayer. It is also known as agarwood, eaglewood, oud or gaharu. 

The wood itself has no significant aroma. Aloeswood is obtained from the evergreen daphne genus tree. When a fungus infects the tree a resin begins to form. When the trees dies this resin continues to harden and mature. This resin imbued wood is then collected for incense and burning purposes. 

In Japan it is considered a great honour to receive a gift of fine aloeswood or Kyara.f

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  SAMURAI   BRACELETS  COLLECTION 

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We would like to present this Samurai Bracelet Collection to you and any Japanese history enthusiast. 

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This Collection includes 20 different bracelets. 

10 bigger bracelets, dedicated for men, are made of Onyx combined with other gemstones.

10 smaller bracelets, dedicated for women, are made of Crystal combined with other gemstones.

On the biggest bead of every bracelet, there is carved family crest of one of the 10 most important Samurai and Military Leaders from Sengoku period.

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You can find the crest of:

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1. Tokugawa Ieyasu

2. Maeda Keiji

3. Uesugi Kenshin

4. Oda Nobunaga

5. Takeda Shigen

6. Sanada Yukimura

7. Date Masamune

8. Toyotomi Hideyoshi

9. Mori Motonari

10. Naoe Kanetsugu

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Only one artisan creates those bracelets. Therefore, they are rare and we have only a limited number of them. 

Now you can possess one of those rare Samurai bracelets!

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We recomend those bracelets not only for Japanses history enthusiast, but for every customer, who would like to enjoy a good quality product.

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We make a great effort preapring packages so that they reach their destinations on time and safely.

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We pack our products carefully for shipment, by filling each box with soft material to prevent items from shaking. Thanks to our carefullness we have not received any complains about damaged goods so far.

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Packages are send by EMS, but we can accommodate customers' wishes.

Except for preorder and/or made-to-order items, we usually ship merchandise within one week, usually in 2-4 business days after payment is confirmed.

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