The Takasago Hana incense roll is a Japanese incense produced by Nippon Kodo. The incense sticks are fragranced with a combination of classic sandalwood and mixed florals, which produces a delightful aroma. Takasago means 'celebration' and the incense sticks have an appealing fragrance that's ideal to burn when you're celebrating special occasions or simply want to create an ambient, chilled out and positive atmosphere. Each of the 40 incense sticks burns for approximately 30 minutes and they're made with a bamboo-free core, so are designed to provide a clean burning experience. The Tagasago Hana incense sticks come presented in a roll, wrapped up in attractive pink and white ombre style paper with decorative gold Japanese lettering on it. The rolls make great gifts for other people, as well as a good staple to buy for your own supplies.Number of Sticks in Box: 40 Burn Time Per Stick: Approximately 25 Minutes Length of Sticks: Approximately 140mm Long Dimensions of Box: 2cm Width x 14cm Length x 2cm Depth Country of Origin: Japan More About Nippon Kodo Incense The Japanese incense company, Nippon Kodo, was founded over four centuries ago and originally began by producing high quality incense for the Emperor of Japan. The company has continued to thrive ever since, now accounting for more than 50% of the entire incense industry in Japan. The company have a great philosophy about the importance of celebrating incense and recognise that, although many people simply love the ability of incense to fragrance a room, for others, their use comes down to spiritual and religious traditions. In fact, Nippon Kodo say that, through the production of their traditional Japanese incense they aim to, 'cherish the ancient traditions and values'. The ingredients of Nippon Kodo incense are all high quality and are sourced from around the world. Experts help locate and harvest the rare aromatic woods, natural gums, resins and other ingredients used to make their incense. Once acquired, the ingredients are processed by hand, and by machine, in their eight factories in Japan and Hong Kong. More About Japanese Incense Japanese incense (speaking in general terms) is refined, pure, light smoke and rich in natural ingredients such as sandalwood. They don't usually have the thin wooden stick centre that is often found in Indian and other incense sticks. They are normally pure incense right the way through the stick. They are often designed with meditation in mind. Due to the high quality manufacturing processes the incense goes through they can be a little bit more expensive than other incense on the market. To find out more read: The History of Japanese Incense