Description

In Japanese, mainichi means every day and kō means incense. For generations, households across Japan have lit a stick of Mainichi-Koh in the morning or at day’s end, a small habit that marks the turn from one part of the day to the next.

This is Nippon Kodo’s sandalwood blend, Japan’s best-selling incense. The sticks are made without a bamboo core, so they burn cleanly with far less smoke than the incense most of us know. The scent is sandalwood at its gentlest: sweet, fresh and woody, lingering in the room for a while after the stick has finished.

It is the incense we’d suggest to anyone starting out, and the one to keep stocked once you’ve found your ritual. Try lighting one stick when you sit down to work and another when you stop. Over a week, the scent becomes the signal to slow down.

Pair it with the Brass Incense Holder – Multi-Size and a Rectangular Solid Brass Tray to catch the ash.

• Maker: Nippon Kodo, Japan (product code 10802)
• Sticks: 360, coreless, approx. 135mm
• Burn time: approx. 30 minutes per stick
• Net weight: approx. 150g
• Box: 8.6 × 15.6 × 3.5cm