Awaji Baikundo Incense Agarwood (Jinko) and Sweet Tea (Amacha) Agarwood Pleasant Incense Sticks Sticks, 16g #36

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During the Obon festival, you can express your feelings by offering incense sticks with the sweet tea fragrance, a favorite of Buddha, made with natural agarwood. A feast for Buddha to grant your wishes. Famous and favorite sweet tea fragrance. Place of origin: Japan (Awaji Island, the home of incense production) / Packaging: Paper box / Package size: Length 15.5cm x Height 2.9cm x Width 3.5cm Shape: Incense sticks for Buddhist ceremonies. Healing incense / Contents: 16g / Weight: approx. 37g / Length: approx. 14cm / Burning time: approx. 30 minutes A masterpiece of incense from Awaji Island's incense makers: Agarwood incense sticks, Agarwood and Sweet Tea Incense, 16g, made by Awaji Umekundo. This incense, "Amacha-ko," uses carefully selected sweet tea, the same tea used to celebrate the birth of Buddha on April 8th by pouring it over the statue of the infant Buddha. Unlike incense used for personal enjoyment, incense sticks offered as tributes are traditionally used by deities and Buddhas. The proper etiquette is to first offer a beautiful and favored incense to the Buddha, then make a request, and finally receive the offerings. It is believed that during Obon, when ancestors who have transformed from their ego into Buddhas return, people should be beautifully made up (performing a celebratory dance similar to Kagura) and offer a feast to the Buddhas as part of the Obon festivities. This is said to grant the Buddhas' wishes for a feast, bringing their blessings to the deceased and their families, and bringing peace to the world. The sweet tea incense, a specialty of the Obon festival, is said to grant the Buddha's wishes, as it opens the eyes of attentiveness, consideration, and thoughtfulness, builds a mountain of moral tradition, maintains order that respects elders, becomes selfless and acts of altruism, and allows descendants to direct good deeds toward their ancestors, thus fulfilling their wishes. Extending the measure of compassion in how we treat our ancestors who have returned as Buddhas, we offer the sweet tea incense, a favorite of the Buddha, as part of the Obon festival, welcoming guests with dignity and sincerity in a grand hospitality. Showing attentiveness, consideration, and thoughtfulness by offering a meal brings immense merit, refining and elevating one's character. It fulfills the Buddha's wish for a meal. Manufactured by Awaji Baikundo, a company with a history of over 100 years since its founding. We continue to make incense sticks using natural ingredients and cherishing our long-standing traditional manufacturing methods. Ginza and Kyoto, places where people gather, are like markets for selling incense sticks. The largest incense production area in Japan, accounting for 70% of the national production, is located on the west coast of Awaji Island. Among them, Ei is one of the 100 most fragrant landscapes in Japan, boasting a row of incense shops that is perhaps the only one of its kind in the country. Located along Prefectural Road 31, which faces west and takes advantage of the prevailing westerly winds, it is the ideal location for making high-quality incense, and we carefully manufacture and deliver our incense to you. For gifts, incense sets, and presents, let Awaji Baikundo's exquisitely crafted incense convey your feelings to your loved ones.