Japanese Traditional Smoke Incense

Japanese Traditional Smoke Incense

100% Made in Japan Traditional Smoke Incense Sticks are here to help!

With our carefully selected incense scents & fragrances, you can quickly transform your life with the power of Japanese scent.

At Asayu Japan, we use only the best ingredients to create a soothing and traditional Japanese aroma experience. Enjoy the benefits of our Traditional Smoke Incense Sticks and feel the deep sense of calm that comes with our woody smoke type scents: cedar, hinoki cypress, sandalwood, and plum.

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How to choose a traditional smoke incense

Traditional incense makes real smoke, and that is the point. The smoke carries the scent further, holds it in the room longer and gives the deeper, drier character that low smoke incense trades away. If you want the smell of a temple rather than a clean modern fragrance, this is the range.

Start with why you are burning it

For meditation or a quiet moment: sandalwood and plum, premium aloeswood, frankincense. The oldest scents in Japanese incense, and the most serious.

For clearing a space: white sage and sandalwood, palo santo, juniper.

For calm and the outdoors: hinoki cypress and Japanese cedar, the forest scents.

For something warmer: cinnamon, patchouli, osmanthus, sandalwood and rose.

Sets, and 20 g or 40 g

A single box comes in 40 g, or 20 g if you want to try a scent first. The scent sets (Forest, Temple, Purification, Reflection, Harmony, Sacred) are two 20 g boxes of a matched pair, which works out a little less than buying the two separately. The gift sets pair incense with a ceramic holder, so there is nothing else to buy.

One thing people forget

Traditional smoke needs more air than low smoke. In a small room, crack a window, or choose from our low smoke range instead. And Japanese incense has no bamboo core, so the sticks are around 2.7 mm thick: a holder made for thicker Indian incense will hold them loosely.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between traditional smoke and low smoke?

The amount of smoke, not the quality. Traditional smoke carries further and lingers longer. Low smoke gives you the scent with far less haze. Both are made in Japan from natural materials.

Which should I choose for a small flat?

Low smoke, or burn traditional near an open window. Traditional incense fills a room quickly, which is the intention.

What is in a scent set?

Two 20 g boxes, one of each scent named in the title, chosen to work together.

What is aloeswood?

Also called agarwood, or jinkoh in Japanese. A resinous wood that is the most prized material in Japanese incense, warm and deep rather than sweet.

Do I need a holder?

Yes, to hold the stick upright and catch the ash. Our gift sets include one, or any of our incense holders will fit.

Where is it made?

Japan, from natural woods, resins and essential oils.