Photos of incense making in Japan
Yame, Fukuoka
Collecting cedar boughs
tabu (Japanese bay tree) leaves
Leaves are dried
The water mill
pounding the dried needles and leaves into incense powder
incense powder covers everything
The old waterwheel needs to be fixed
Just down the road is the workshop where Tsutsumi-san makes the incense sticks
Extruding the incense using an old machine once used for larger-scale operations
A very squeaky old conveyor belt cuts the incense to the right length
Chris helping out
Excess from the ends is put back into the extruder
incense is stacked and dried
Simple Incense for Zen product page is here
