ブックタイトルEverything about Incense

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Everything about Incense

Shoyeido?The Incense Specialty ShopIn Focus4Shoyeido was founded over 300 years ago in 1705 in Kyoto. It is a specialty shopthat continues to create a wide variety of incense like sachets, the aromatic woodused in Koh-do (“incense ceremony”) and tea ceremony, and so on.Kyoto Main StoreTransmitting Incense CultureUsing Traditional TechniquesAt Shoyeido, precious natural ingredients, gatheredfrom throughout the world, are used by expertartisans who employ traditional techniques tomake incense. They are always trying out newways of creating fragrances that incorporate newtechnologies while preserving tradition.Meiji Period Store(1867?1912)A line of incense from the Edoperiod (1600 -1867)Devotion to incense since theEdo period (1600-1867)This store began over 300years ago when MoriyoshiRokuzaemon Hata opened theshop“SASAYA”. During the timeof Moritsune, the third generationof Hata family incense makers, thename changed to Shoyeido. Sincethen, the family has continued tomake incense, and today the storeis run by the family’s 12th incensemakinggeneration.Incense WorkshopCreating incense using naturalingredientsMany of the ingredients arenatural aromatics sourcedmainly from China, India, andSoutheast Asia. The artisansfocus on creating uniquefragrances that can only bemade with natural ingredients.Inside the StoreShoyeido operates nine storesthroughout Japan.In addition to the Kyoto MainStore that has stood on thesame ground since its founding,Shoyeido manages nine storesthroughout Japan in placeslike Osaka and Tokyo. Theirexpert staff shares the appeal ofincense in a way that is easy tounderstand?even for beginners.30