Incense smoke is a fabric of Japanese traditional ceremonies, so ubiquitous it’s often overlooked. Incense listening is an exercise that focuses on the sensory ambience incense’s delicate ...

Scented smoke for the good of your space and ... on incense to purify their meditation spaces, while in Japan, the Koh-Do (incense ceremony) has been popular since courtiers and samurai took ...

The grounding scent of the evergreen tree native to Japan evokes a spa-like ... visual interest by funneling the smoke in interesting patterns. Incense is more typically associated with ...

In Japanese incense, the center stick is not made of ... The stick should glow slightly red and release a puff of smoke. Once the incense has been lighted, never leave it unattended.

Francis favours a traditional Japanese style of incense ... name from the Latin phrase ‘per fumum’, or ‘through smoke’, and incense is still widely used in religious ceremonies around ...

Many Japanese people are checking their incense stocks to make sure they are prepared for ... There were various challenges such as regulating the amount of smoke and the time it takes to burn the ...

Recognizing the scarcity of quality Japanese incense in the U.S., Tennen collaborated with a Kyoto-based company to create its own sticks, cones, and spirals, quickly building a devoted base.

Ever since incense first arrived in Japan in the sixth century, around the same time as Buddhism, the “way of incense," or kodo has become increasingly refined. It’s a fascinating aspect of local ...

When Karl Bradl, one of the owners, told me they were launching incense, two thoughts immediately came to mind: first, Aedes stepping into this space further solidifies incense as a sophisticated ...

Like the flickering of your favorite candle, the best incense provides visual interest through spirals of smoke while perfuming ... follows old traditions of Japanese incense in their formulas ...