While walking around Ningyocho, I happened to find an old-fashioned shop. When I looked into it as a Japanese confectionery shop, Japanese shop curtain wrote "scent." It was Shoei-do, a long-established incense store, who thought what it was. It was an incense shop with a head office in Kyoto and seven stores nationwide from Osaka to Sapporo. Founded in 1705, it was a long-established store in 1705. When I talked to the shop, he said that he sells incense stick and incense used in addition to Buddhist affairs, as well as tools for enjoying the incense, and indeed there is a plump scent inside the store . Shoei-do said that there is a Ginza store in Ginza 8-chome in addition to the Nihonbashi store. After returning home, I found that there were several shops in Chuo-ku that handle incense besides Shoei-do, so I went around the incense shop in Chuo-ku.
Speaking of Hatoido, it is a shop located in the highest place in Japan that everyone knows. I knew that it was a Japanese literary store for 300 years since its establishment, but in fact, in the world of incense, Sanetomi Sanjo taught the secret method of incense that was handed down as a fee for the Emperor's family for 900 years. It seems to be a famous shop in the world of incense. When I looked into the shop, it happened that a tourist from Hong Kong was shopping. He said he bought a brush and incense, and he was able to obtain Chinese products in Hong Kong, but the quality is not comparable to Japanese ones.
The Kyoto Yamada Matsukagi store is located in one corner of Nihonbashi Takashimaya's kimono department. It has a history of more than 200 years since it was founded during the Kansei period. In this shop, there is a tansu like an old medicine wholesaler to put incense. When I counted, there were 150 drawers. The name of the incense was written on all the drawers, and I was surprised at the number of its types. The shop also exhibited and sold something like a braided incense bag, which made me feel elegant.
Speaking of incense, I think of Buddhist incense stick and burning incense, but according to the story of the shop, many people enjoy the scent to relax. In the past, there were quite a lot of female customers working in the night world of Ginza, but recently it seems that OL is often bought as a hobby. Also, depending on the store, it seems to be popular with male customers. It seems that they are relaxed by listening to the incense at home, or sneak the incense in the business card holder and move it to the business card and add the incense to enjoy it stylishly. Also, because of the location, the number of foreign customers is increasing.
Every shop is a long-established store with a history of hundreds of years since its inception, but it has been engaged in various efforts to convey its history to the present day. I felt it was a relaxing moment to see and hear the scent. I also sold Aizu cotton scent bags at a certain shop called the "ring of support to connect with fragrance", so I enjoy looking for souvenirs. Once you step into the incense shop, you will find a scent that suits you.
