Book mold chopsticks by Kumaya shoten
PERFECT SOUVENIR TEACHES ABOUT CHOPSTICKS LOOKS COOL ALSO.
"Kumaya shoten" (熊弥商店) is long run woodworking shop since 1882 and their main products are chopsticks. Using entire
Yoshino cedar, including wood waste, making almost zero wasted woods.
This book mold chopsticks tells a story of chopsticks history and prior knowledge of them. Flipping the pages, a pair of 5 different chopsticks will show. The book part is English and Japanese bilingual. The chopsticks are neatly fit which is very rare set of chopsticks. This cool souvenir can be stored in bookshelf and becomes fashionable decoration.
Also, it is unique set of obtaining 5 different pairs of chopsticks. So giving this set to person who loves Japanese food will definitely makes the person smile.
Book mold chopsticks set, (ブック型お箸セット). Price: ¥1,944
The booklet starts with outline and knowledge about disposable chopsticks made of Yoshino cedar.
You can learn about each chopsticks.
A pair of 5 different chopsticks. You can also learn how use chopsticks, makes good gift for even beginners.
Yoshino cedar is deemed as one of most beautiful forest in Japan. Akita cedar and Kiso cypress. And Yoshini cedar is known for not only it beauty but also burnish surface and knot-less, being perfect material for chopsticks.
Kumaya's disposable chopsticks may explode the established theory of disposable chopsticks. Ordinally, chopsticks are made of only outer rim of woods, and due to cheaper woods imported from overseas, less and less Yoshino cedar is used as the material and left cut down. Kumaya use as much parts as possible for disposable chopsticks and other unsuitable parts are used for other wooden crafts.
Buying such disposable chopsticks and other wooden products will lead to returning money and benefit to forests in Japan.
Where to buy: "Kumaya shoten"
Address: 330-1, Shimoichi, Shimoichicho, Yoshino county, Nara
Open hours: 9:00 to 17:00
Closed on: Weekends and national holidays
Kumaya shoten official site.
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