Make Matcha Incense
This matcha incense experience involves making inkou 「印香」, which is a type of incense not directly burned with fire but gently heated to release its aroma. Matcha, incense powder and a binding agent are mixed, kneaded then pressed into higashi (Japanese dried confectionery) wooden molds to shape.
As the ingredients are mixed, the soothing aroma of matcha wafts thru the air, but do be careful as you remove the incense from the molds: they are so cute you may mistake them for real higashi ❤︎.
What You'll Do
Make matcha scented heated incense and package it to take home.
What's Included
☆ Guided instruction
☆ Pre-portioned ingredients
☆ Packaging to take incense home
What's Not Included
Any guest purchases
Guest Requirements
Guests are required to behave in a civil and respectable manner.
Activity Level
Low
This is a seated activity with tables and chairs.
Accessibility Level
Our Request:
Inform us of the age of any minors attending, accessibility requirements as well as dietary restrictions by making a note in the booking reservation when booking so that we may curate a suitable experience.
How To Order
The Make Matcha Incense experience can only be purchased in combination with a Tour and not as a standalone experience.
1: Adjust the quantity to match the number of experience attendees. For example, if four people are attending, then the quantity should be set to 4.
2: Add experience to cart.
3: Prior to checkout, ensure there is one or more Tours added to your cart. The date of the experience will be the same date of the tour selected.
5: Check out to complete reservation. Our Concierge will contact you shortly thereafter to confirm logistics and answer any questions.
Once confirmed, you will be sent a payment link. Payment is due within 24 hours of the link being sent and payment constitutes a placed order.
Cancellation Policy
11 Days or More Prior To Tour or Experience Start Date: No Cancellation Fee Levied; 100% of Order Amount Returned
10 days to 6 days Prior To Tour or Experience Start Date: 50% of Order Amount Reserved As Cancellation Fee; 50% of Order Amount Returned
5 Days or Less Prior To Tour or Experience Start Date: 100% of Order Amount Reserved As Cancellation Fee; 0% of Order Amount Returned
For more details, reference our Cancellation & Refund Policy.
Pairs well with
This experience must be purchased in combination with a tour.
Adjust the quantity to match the number of experience attendees
All tour add-ons subject to availability checks
Make Matcha Incense
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印香 Incense
Journey to the Past
Take a moment for Japanese sweets in a tranquil environment. On this foodie tour, we will guide you to the best modern tea houses in the city.
Did you Know?
Did You Know?
Inko is an art form passed down from the Nara period (710 to 794) and is based on neriko, a type of incense made by kneading dozens of different fragrances together, pouring the mixture into a mold, then cutting them into shapes, once dried. During the Heian period, aristocrats would burn this type of incense near their kimonos to infuse them with lovely scents.
Inko is also used in Japanese tea ceremony in the colder months to fill the tea room with a lovely scent and simultaneously mask the smell of the burning charcoal heating the tea water.
A little goes a long way and a small inko is placed near the heat during a break in the tea ceremony. When the participants re-enter the room, the fragrance has spread throughout the space, invoking their senses and preparing their palette for the tea that follows.
Sample Itinerary
3-3:45 PM
Mixing & Pressing
Mix, knead and press the mixture into the higashi molds.
3:45 - 4PM
Un-Molding and Packing
Carefully remove your matcha flavored incense from the mold, pack it and allow to dry.
Pairs Well With
Matcha Estate & Factory Tour
Learn about matcha production throughout its history in Japan via an exclusive matcha factory/tea estate tour.
Time-honored traditions dating back 400 years are fiercely maintained in present day to produce the best matcha in some factories, while in others, modern technologies aid in greater yields for a less premium but pleasant experience.
Choose which route you'd like to experience:
Machine Harvested Uji Tour (4,000 JPY): This well respected tea manufacturer saves the most prized techniques for a small portion of tea manufactured and utilizes machine harvested tea for the majority of the harvest. This one hour tour takes you to the processing facilities and reveals not only the manufacturing facilities but tea grading room and internal tea house. Tour ends with a matcha grinding/whisking experience and being served matcha and Japanese sweets. Tea estate tour not included.
Hand Harvested Uji Tour (20,000 JPY): This small scale farm-to-table family is new to the Uji tea manufacturing industry, but harvests in the time-old, labor intensive method. Tea estate tour included.
Hand Harvested Joyo Tour (30,000 JPY): With over a 200 year history, tea leaves from this estate consistently rank as the highest level at nationwide tea competitions. With cultivation techniques dating back t the Azuchi-Momoyama period, this farm-to-table matcha farm and production facility provides a 2.5 hour in-depth tour of the tea estates and manufacturing facilities, sharing the true essence of matcha. Tea estate tour and tea tasting included.