Awaji Baikundo Awaji Premium Loose A Fragrant Incense Stick with a Pleasant Baikundo's Incense, Jihikancha-ko, 105g, Pack. Scent. #14

[Product Overview] During the Obon festival, offering high-quality incense sticks infused with sweet tea, a favorite of gods and Buddhas, as a way to express your welcoming sentiments is sure to please them. A feast for Buddha to grant your wishes. Famous and favorite sweet tea fragrance. March 16, 2024 (Sat) NHK WORLD "CYCLE AROUND JAPAN. Jihi Amachako Awaji Baikundou incense sticks. Famous Awaji Baikundou incense sticks, Jihi Amachako. A sweet and wonderfully fragrant incense that feels like receiving the compassion of Buddha. Jihi Amachako 110g Incense sticks, loose pack, high-grade incense from Awaji Baikundou. A top-quality product that removes the sting of fatigue and bestows gentle feelings, carefully blended with sandalwood and Chinese herbal medicine. A beautifully fragrant incense made using carefully selected sweet tea, which is poured over the infant Buddha on April 8th to celebrate the birth of Buddha. Incense is not a luxury item, but an offering, and it is customary in Shinto and Buddhist belief that one should first offer a beautiful object to Buddha, one's favorite food, and then receive the offering. It is said that during Obon, when ancestors who have transformed from their ego into Buddhas return, one should be beautifully made up (performing a celebratory dance favored by Shinto priests) and offer a feast to the Buddhas as part of the Obon festivities, thus fulfilling the Buddhas' wishes for a meal. This is said to bring the Buddhas' blessings to the deceased and the family, and to bring peace to the world. This opens the eyes of attentiveness, consideration, and thoughtfulness, and builds a mountain of moral tradition, and is especially important for elders. This popular sweet tea incense is said to fulfill the Buddha's wish for a feast, maintaining order that respects the ancestors, becoming an act of selflessness and altruism, and allowing surviving descendants to direct good deeds toward their ancestors, thus granting them merit. Extending the measure of compassion in your treatment of ancestors returning as Buddhas, and offering the Buddha's favorite sweet tea incense during the Obon festival, it is a grand hospitality that welcomes guests with dignity and sincerity. Showing attentiveness, consideration, and thoughtfulness in your offering will bring unparalleled merit, refining and elevating your character. It fulfills the Buddha's wish for a feast. Manufactured by Awaji Baikundo, boasting a history of over 100 years since its founding. We continue to make incense sticks while cherishing our long-standing traditional methods. The west coast of Awaji Island is Japan's largest incense production area, accounting for 70% of the national production. Among them is Eii, one of the 100 scenic spots of Japan, where incense shops line the streets—a unique feature in the country. We carefully manufacture and deliver our incense sticks in the best possible location for making high-quality incense, along Prefectural Road 31, which faces west and takes advantage of the prevailing westerly winds. For gifts and presents, entrust your feelings to the fragrance of Awaji Baikundo's exquisite incense sticks.

[Specifications & Features] • Packaging: Cardboard box • Package size: Length 15.5cm x Height 3.5cm x Width 9.4cm • Shape: Incense sticks for Buddhist ceremonies. Healing incense / Contents: 105g / Weight: Approx. 168g / Length: Approx. 14cm / Burning time: Approx. 30 minutes