Nice title on the topic.. but.. oops.. the truth is that there is really not much secret to the KZ system. Formerly being a “teacher” of sorts, both in the hobbyist fields such as incense and other fun collectibles, and in the academic sphere, I’m a firm believer of education that will eventually need to… [Read More…]
Incense in times of Covid-19
I’ve been asked many times by friends on this – is there any incense for use during this period to prevent or protect against Covid-19 virus ?? The obvious and the most immediate answer from me is : NO!… Ever since mid January till now, there have been many videos and contents circulating, including this… [Read More…]
2088Tea is now the Official Kyarazen retail page
Hello all, another sincere apology for the slowness in writing… it’s hard to balance doing so many things at one go now. But good news! KyaraZen is now expanding a little, and soon we will have one or two other writers whom will be sharing knowledge on Chinese cultural arts, which may include brush painting,… [Read More…]
Incense Culture Association of Singapore Visits Hangzhou China
As usually KZ would like to apologize for the slowness in writing posts.. there’s just an overwhelming load of offline activities going on.. classes.. courses.. workshops… making incenses.. hosting events.. and even taking association members overseas for a trip! (if you would like to see if KZ is active.. you can always follow me on instagram… [Read More…]
KZ Zen Moon and Gokuhin Zen Moon Incense
apologies on the hiatus from writing… there had just been too much to do, but no worries, I’ve not forgotten that I still run this website 🙂 The Duan Wu Festival, more commonly known as the Dragon Boat festival had just past, and the day it self, the 5th of the 5th Lunar Month, is… [Read More…]
Blending Incense – A Chicken and Egg question
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I was reminded of this question when I had received some questions from friends on our recent incense venture. Some of the questions were like, are the Hall of the Peaceful Heart incenses any different from the blended incenses we see on on the Japanese Incense market?… [Read More…]
Incense Stick Making – A Walk Through
I had received some requests on how to actually go about making incense sticks, and there were comments on my earlier post that I had not show how the incense dough was made prior to extrusion, and how I managed to get such straight sticks and scale up my production. The truth is, I’ve not been… [Read More…]
Kyarazen Handmade incense sticks
Having had purchased and sampled and studied countless incenses from all sorts of origins over the years, it soon became a personal challenge to create incenses that are both artistically inspired, and olfactorily able to match up to commercially available premium incenses. Painting images for others by the scent of a burning incense stick is a personal… [Read More…]
Incense trails without a stencil
Was a little occupied for the past month whilst my webmaster had helped transfer the website to a new host together with a slight redesign. Will resume writing. Recently a friend had persistently asked me if there was an alternative to burning incense powders as a trail without the use of a stencil. It… [Read More…]
Incense Notes
é—», or 闻香 (mon-koh), can be literally translated as to smell or to listen to fragrances. This is probably why the Chinese word for the action of smelling, contains a character representing the ear. Most people would have expected a nose instead of the ear. Asano Michiaki of the Kaori-Bunka (an Incense culture research… [Read More…]