Nippon Kodo - Jinkoh Juzan (Aloeswood) 150 Sticks

From Nippon Kodo/'s /'Exceptional Quality/' range, this Aloeswood Incense has an incredibly pure and sophisticated scent, which promotes deep relaxation and meditation.Aloeswood, or Jinkoh as it/'s called in Japan, forms during a unique and mysterious process that takes hundreds of years.It is the most prized incense wood, and it/'s exotic scent is mostly unknown in the west.Comes in a beautifully packaged presentation box with Japanese handmade paper.Selector/'s Notes: Japanese Incense: In the year 538 CE, Japanese incense came to Japan from China along with Buddhism.From that point on, incense would become an important facet of Japanese culture.The use and tradition of Japanese incense has evolved over fifteen centuries from it/'s humble beginnings, to the refined and sensitive art that it is today.Appreciation of incense peaked with the refined world of the Incense Ceremony, called Kodo (the way of incense/').Kodo is considered one of the three classical Japanese arts of refinement, along with Tea Ceremony and flower arrangement.Item Details - MATERIALS: Natural incense FEATURES: 150 sticks of incense / 30 mins per stick DIMENSIONS: 15 x 6 x 3 cm, 14 cm sticks ORIGIN: Japan.'