The Shoyeido Incense Company began in Kyoto in 1705, becoming the world’s premiere incense-making company and the preferred supplier of incense to most temples in Japan. Twelve generations later, Masataka Hata continues his family’s legacy and travels to the U.S. every year to spread the art of incense appreciation. 

While the Japan Society of Boston in collaboration with the Japan America Society of Colorado and The Japan Society Canada are unable to hold a traditional in-person Kodo (incense appreciation) event this year, we hope you will join us online to hear Mr. Hata from Kyoto share the history and significance of incense in Japan. This year, we will end the event with a sachet-making workshop,* guided by Shoyeido, in lieu of the traditional incense appreciation ceremony.

         *If interested in the workshop, be sure to register with the sachet kit purchase by March 18 to receive the sachet kit in time for the event.  Limited to first 100 registrations.

Free admission (no sachet kit pre-delivered), or $40 JSB members, $60 nonmembers. To register, and to view a video on what the sachet workshop will entail, visit https://www.japansocietyboston.org/event-4185168