• A box of Horin Horikawa incense from Shoyeido beside a lit stick in a small holder on a table by a shoji window
  • A box of Kayuragi Sandalwood incense, an open tray of sticks and a lit stick beside an open book on a desk by a window
  • A box of Hyakurakukou Green Tea incense, a tray of green sticks and a lit stick under a table lamp
  • A box of Hyakurakukou Sakura incense, a tray of pink sticks and a lit stick on a windowsill on a rainy day
  • A box of Kayuragi Hinoki incense and a lit stick on a bedside table beside a paper lamp
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Incense for Every Mood — Five Japanese Incenses

Incense for Every Mood — Five Japanese Incenses

$105.00 USD
$105.00 USD
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Shipping to the US: from $22, by weight, shown at checkout. US import duty is already included in the price, so there is nothing to pay on delivery. Shipping & duties
Arrives broken? Write within 7 days with three photographs and we send a replacement or a refund. Nothing to post back. Returns & breakage

Sending this as a gift? Hand wrapping and a handwritten card can be added in the cart, and we will leave the prices out of the parcel at no charge.

Five incenses for $105. Bought one by one they come to $126.

Each scent is described in its maker's own words. We say which hour we would light it for, and leave the rest to you.

  • A slow Sunday morning: Horin Horikawa (Shoyeido). The mellow sweetness of sandalwood; rich and warm, in the maker's words.
  • An afternoon with a book: Kayuragi Sandalwood (Nippon Kodo). A simple sandalwood that spreads gently.
  • After work: Hyakurakukou Green Tea (Kousaido). A toasty green tea scent, on natural sandalwood.
  • A rainy day: Hyakurakukou Sakura (Kousaido). A bright cherry blossom scent, for a grey day.
  • Before the lights go off: Kayuragi Hinoki (Nippon Kodo). A fresh, clean scent of hinoki cypress. Put the stick out before you go to sleep.

How long each burns. Horikawa about 20 minutes; Hyakurakukou about 20 to 30 minutes; Kayuragi about 25 minutes standing.

How to burn it. Light the tip, let it catch, then blow out the flame so only the ember glows, and stand the stick in a holder. Burn it in a holder on a heat-proof surface, keep it away from curtains and paper, and put it out before you leave the room or go to sleep. How to burn Japanese incense.

Dispatch. We buy each box in Japan when you order, so please allow a few extra days before it leaves Tokyo.

Ships from Tokyo. Shipping is calculated by weight at checkout. For the United States, import duties are paid by us before the parcel leaves Tokyo.

Specifications

ContentsHorin Horikawa, Kayuragi Sandalwood, Hyakurakukou Green Tea, Hyakurakukou Sakura, Kayuragi Hinoki
MakersNippon Kodo, Kousaido, Shoyeido (Japan)
Ships fromTokyo, Japan
PhotosPhotos are styled illustrations; packaging and details may vary slightly.

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Tomari (とまり) is an old word for a mooring — the place a boat ties up for the night. A bowl of tea is meant to be the same: a few minutes to put the day down. You do not need to know the rules to begin.

Who chose this

I choose everything here by hand, in Japan. I practice tea rather than simply selling the tools for it — I am not a tea master and I do not claim to be. I am a practitioner, which mostly means I have ruined enough bad whisks to know what a good one feels like in the first second of holding it.

Nothing is drop-shipped and nothing passes through a third warehouse. I pack each order in Tokyo and post it from Japan, ceramics double-boxed by hand. If something arrives broken, write within 7 days with photographs of the piece and the box, and I send a replacement or a refund; there is nothing to post back unless I ask. Who writes and chooses all this, and the longer version of why this shop exists.