Looking for a new idea for a Japanese gift? For those who love Japan, especially those who love its culinary side, a tea caddy might just be the quality souvenir you are looking for. Called 茶筒 or ちゃづつ (chadzutsu) in Japanese, it is handmade using in Japan using only the wood from a Japanese Cherry tree and makes for an exquisite and quality gift.
It has a matching internal lid as well as a perfectly fitting solid cherry bark wooden top which has been designed to keep your tea as fresh, and therefore as tasty, as possible. This unique range is called kabazaiku
Kabazaiku (樺細工) is the traditional Japanese art of fashioning tea boxes, smoking accessories, and other woodworks out of the bark of a cherry tree. It has flourished in Japan for over 400 years and produces products which have a high gloss, deep rich colour and are smooth and strong.
Keeping moisture levels relatively constant, the cherry bark acts as a natural insulator against changes in humidity, which is essential in the storage of tea and tobacco leaves. The colour is generally a dark red, partially from the bark itself, and partially from the tree’s sap.
These items are now only produced in Kakunodate, Akita prefecture on Japan. You may be able to get cheap- looking alternatives but these are almost certainly made from peach would (not genuine Cherrywood) and probably originate from China.
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