The process of making incense sticks. Traditional Japanese craftsmanship since 1850 

私も、毎月一度、墓参に、必ず線香と蝋燭を持参します。一束で使用しますが、立ち消えすることなく完全に燃焼します。 歴史ある製品ですので、製造も年配の方もいらっしゃるのですね。 大部分は緑色ですが、茶色や、紫色などあり、匂いも多くあり、製造は技術が伝承されていますね！　製造過程はこの動画でしか見ることができませんでした。

You can always tell that the Japanese take pride in their work.

I have nothing but admiration for japanese craftsmen! I can feel the respect and love that they have for their work, but also their concerns about the future of their business, as a tradition! Thank you for this amazing channel! I'm sending you my best wishes from Greece! 🇬🇷🌹

The hand-made sticks are way more in-shape than the machine-made ones! Respect!

It was an honor to watch the process of handcrafted incense;the respect and love emanated from everyone involved in the process. Thank you for sharing this craft here on RU-vid. Stay safe and be well.

That old couple have been at it a long time.

The work of an artisan is the song of his culture. Love from Italy❤

Very labor intensive but calming and meditative at the same time.

円状の練り機で練って、プレスで押し出す。そして乾燥。私が働いていたパスタ工場の製造工程に共通する所が多々ありなんか嬉しい気持ちになりました。

お盆やお彼岸の時に、私達家族も欠かさず線香を持参する。家族の墓がある墓地は風が強く、火🔥がなかなか付きづらいですが、一旦付けばずっと燃焼してくれる。 今回の動画では大量生産タイプは機械で成形していたが、伝統的な工法で作られるものは御年配の職人さんが手作業で心を込めて、最後まで作られていたのが印象的だった。

毎朝仏壇にお水とお線香をあげてます。 線香の煙と香りは落ち着きますね。

それぞれの工程を一つずつ丁寧に作業をされていて、老舗ならではの拘りと伝統を感じます😊 これからもお身体に気を付けて、素晴らしい伝統と技術を伝えていって頂ければと、切に願います✨

Thank you for sharing this. I'm sure some parts of this process go back hundreds of years, and others have only been changed by technology. Absolutely fascinating.

انتم الاجمل والاروع ادام الله عملكم وسخره لكل خير

Judging by their ages they have been doing this for years, and are true crafts people. And will continue their craft until they physically cannot do so. True Japanese spirit and craftsmanship.

Люблю смотреть, когда люди делают своими руками разные вещи, или красиво и вкусно готовят. Этим мне очень нравится Япония.

Người Nhật làm nghề thủ công nhang, Cha Ông bao đời truyền lại. Rất tuyệt vời..🇯🇵👍

The couple at the beginning are really fit for their age 🥰

a real moment of pleasure! a moment of relaxation thank you and the music that accompanies the video goes well.

Those are some good quality Incense 👍 I like the sandal wood an green bamboo lavender one just some of my favorite out of the many 😀✌️❤️

It's lovely to see that even the elderly have an opportunity to work and keep thwir minds and bodies busy, moving and they work at their own pace. It's lovely how they can continue feeling useful and valuable in a society that pushes out any aging sign and more any aging person. Their dedication, patience, experience, diligence, respect for the product and process used to craft what they do, and talent cannot be unappreciated or disappear. The newer generations need to learn from them.

Enjoyable watching as usual, love watching old skill methods.

すごく見たかったものが見れて嬉しいです😊

インターネットで香りがする未来が待ち遠しい

في الحقيقة هذا الفيديو أكثر من رائع ، و ما أدهشني أكثر هو صمود الرجل في عمله رغم كبر سنه ، و على ما أظن أنهم أسرة واحدة و يشتغلون في هذا المجال منذ صغرهم ، تحية كبيرة لهم و لكل المتابعين و المشرفين على هذه القناة الرائعة ، أخوكم هشام من المغرب.

I will think of these craftsmen every time I light the incense stick for my ancestors.❤😊

A lovely video of real Masters at work! I love the fact that they even seem to reuse the plastic bags that they put the blocks in!! So much plastic is wasted these days.

😊 thank you 💚

I use Japanese incense sticks every day. Highly recommended and actually quite affordable!

心が浄化されました。😊

製造工程が美しい！

If everyone worked as hard as the old people here the world would truly be a better place

蚊取り線香は本当に一部の材料（と抜く形）が違うだけで作り方も道具もほとんど同じってよく分かる

線香、安いものと昔からの高級線香、全然香りも違う。 使うと、良いものを使いたいと再認識する。

I confirm : they are the same workers since ... 1850 !!! Machines also . Realy !

3:49 Look at that tongue sticking out, you know this man takes his craft seriously, fully concentrating on his work.

Благодарю за видео, покупал уже несколько раз 🇯🇵 ароматические палочки и каждый раз был доволен!🙏 А сейчас увидел как они изготавливаются ❤👍

Parabéns aos artesãos e para o vídeo tbm 👏👏👏👏

Que hermoso trabajo...y el abuelito es tan adorable ❤

お墓参りなどの時に、当たり前のように線香をあげていたがこの動画をみて生産者の方々にも感謝の気持ちを持って線香をあげようと思いました。 ありがとうございます。

Deux manières de fabriquer ces bâtonnets. Le soin apporté par les artisans fais plaisir à voir. Merci pour cette vidéo

Just makes you want to buy their products😊 ...it's wonderful to see the elderly continuing tradition...

I'm sure there are odd cuts in the video because they want to keep parts of the process a secret. This is amazing. I'm grateful they agreed to show parts of this process.

Thank you.

مهارة وابداع رغم كبر العمر 👍 🇾🇪🇾🇪

So some sticks are made semi-traditionally and some use a more modern approach. Interesting. Clearly the people making them the more manual way had decades of experience. The body may be old, but the mind is still sharp. Thanks for showing what is rapidly becoming a lost art in the brutal world of capitalism.

Been burning incense for years and years. The Japanese type like this has a more delicate aroma, is less overwhelming and harsh, and has a more "transparent" aroma than others.

この工場の近所で暮らしたい。

Hermoso Video. Hace poco que sigo el canal, pero me parece el mas lindo de todos. Al parecer el productor artesanal, hace el trabajo prácticamente en familia. Y es lindo ver como se producen estas varitas de incienso en silencio, como una ceremonia en si misma. Excelente!.

MADE IN JAPAN !!!! 🇯🇵

As a artist this video is very satisfying and soothing 😢

a paciência e a delicadeza é algo fora do comum dos Orientais... Eu fico admirado pelo trabalho deles.

線香毎日あげてるけど作り方は初めて知りました！ 因みに線香の火は線香を垂直に持ったまま下に素早くふり下ろすとスマートに消えます。息を吹き掛けて消すのは厳禁です。

Very relaxing to watch and listen to. Thank you for your video

Such beautiful craftsmanship ❤

私達がお世話になってる、お線香職人さんは素晴らしいです。自然乾燥【湿度にもよりますよね？】 これからも永遠に使う物なので、You Tubeを拝見させて頂きました。

今の次期に一番大切なものですね

Всегда хотела посмотреть как изготовляют аромопалочки 😊 удивляет что работники столь преклонного возраста 😮 молодцы японцы 🎉 воистину великая нация ❤

Beautiful process

Fantástico trabajo, gracias por compartir 👏👏👏

I have COMPLETELY new respect for those that make these incense. Much thanks from Missouri USA. 💌

*Admiro todo el proceso de elaboración artesanal de este preciado producto para mí. Me gustaría poder realizarlo. Es una excelencis. Muchas gracias. Muchas bendiciones.*

That was nice to watch and really nice music.

...one of those "old world" pieces that i really wish was better accessable here in America. ...Thank you for the post in any case, always absolutely appreciated.

The smells inside that work area must be amazing ! 🥰 Thanks for the post ! 👍

Fascinating and beautiful! I wonder, how many years the first, older couple have been making Incense? but they are still very active, still feeling useful is a very important part of life, as we age. making incense by hand, is quite an art indeed! 😀

I bet your shop smells absolutely magical.

I love Japan and Japanese people. I would like to wish everybody there a very happy New Year. Love and peace. Tim

Very interesting process to watch. Great content. Stay safe.

What a wonderful artwork.

お盆の必須アイテム

Awesome job, love the handmade incense sticks.

Благодарю за это умиротворяющее видео Thanks for this video

Thank you for sharing

Much work for something, what gets at least burnt..

Det er vildt fascinerende at se hvordan de laver det

Интересно было бы увидеть процесс производства самого порошка, из которого формируют палочки.

Японцы такие трудолюбивые. Они реально любят свой труд...

Très intéressant, merci pour la vidéo!

Ive never really given much though to the production of incense before, i love lighting it at home (even if my friends think its a weird hippy thing) but wow. This process is fascinating and beautiful.

超クールなビデオでした！

Saludos desde Perú, qué hermoso trabajo

Wonderful job 👏

The fragrance in that factory must be amazing !

برافو بجد رغم بساطه الالات الا ان هناك مهاره واتقان رائعين شكرا على الفيديو الرائع هذا

9:15 I'm surprised the owner(?) didn't ride the elevator along with the stack uncut incense.

I love looking at time-worn object videos this came up in my suggestions and I am so glad ❤😊

That factory must smell amazing.

The natural air drying by moving the slats for air circulation is the same as the "Old Fashioned' drying tobacco leaves used for cigar wrappers. Up until the early 70s in the US in the Connecticut River Valley from the Long Island Sound to the Vermont + New Hampshire border from the air the whole thing was white. The tobacco was grown un white canopies. Miles and miles of it. Next or in the fields were tobacco barns. They would harvest the leaves and sew them to boards. Then they would hang the boards in the barns. Every couple of feet on the barns you boards on wall were on hinges or were removable. They would open them like the slats for drying the leaves. Some farmers would modernize and wrap the barn in plastic and use forced hot air. Premium cigar makers would opt for the natural air drying.

Do you ship these incense products to other countries ?

Damn it’s awesome how some of these low tech hand made things can really make a decent production scale product. I admire those that still take these processes as skill. Worth the money to pay for good skilled products.

It looks like a superb product! I hope shipping costs from Japan to the USA aren't too expensive!

Надо же, как пожилые люди задействованы в труде. Не знаю, хорошо ли это или плохо, но прям удивительно.

I'll bet the whole place is the best smelling town in Japan 😊

It must smell so wonderful there! 😊

Que bueno ver este video ❤ que bueno son los incienso

don't know I'd wanna live to close to that factory but I like that they still do some batches by hand

I bet that room smells so good👍🏻 keep up the hard work good job👍🏻

OMG! This is the company which makes my favorite incense, Kozenko and Tenpeiko! Thank you for creating this video and much respect and admiration to the workers!

Quanta serenità nel guardare il lavoro artigianale… 😌