Handcrafted Custom Wooden Sake Cups Made with high quality Japanese Hinoki cypress

Handcrafted custom sake cups made with high quality Japanese cypress  

Made with high quality Japanese cypress.

Prepared with elaborate care by experienced craftsmen.

Making possible a truly unique masu (wooden sake cup), the only one of its kind in the world.

A standard 1 go sake masu (wooden sake cup).

Japanese masus have a history of about 1300 years,

and at first were used for measuring foodstuffs like rice or fish or sake.

Now, as then, they are used in the same way.

The word "masu" was thought to link to the phonetically identical words for "increase" or

"benefit," and so the wooden masus were cemented with the image of being associated with

happy occasions, and used in activities such as filling them with offerings made with

the hope of a good harvest, or with beans for the Shinto ritual of Setsubun,

the beginning of spring. In recent years, these wooden masus are used for good luck,

for toasts or seating arrangements at wedding receptions, wedding gifts for the guests,

or 60th birthday celebrations.

They have also proven to be popular among young people,

earning such great praise like  "a high level of originality," and "very Japanese."

Can be branded to suit a variety of situations. The brands are crafted by creating a copperplate,

and using a specialized branding stand, the brands are applied by hand.

Letterings and designs will be burned in deeply and clearly.

The brand markings are subtly unique, each with their own essence.

Branding copperplate fee: $67 - 84 + box price(10¢ per piece)
Note: The copperplates for branding will require approximately 1 week to produce.

For orders of over 30 pieces, delivery will require approximately 3 weeks

Each completed box will be meticulously checked, carefully wrapped in paper,

and shipped out bathed in the essence of Japanese cypress.

The AEO system is used by customs to certify businesses with an excellent track record in

freight security management and compliance, and provides simplification and

easing of customs processes to those businesses. Our company is certified as an importer.