Incense can be used in various situations in everyday life.
Before guests arrive, burn incense in the entrance or living room to gently welcome them with its lingering fragrance. It can also be used in areas where odors are a concern, such as the restroom. Why not enhance your living space with pleasant scents?
Here are some ways to enjoy incense depending on the location.
How to Enjoy Incense by Room
Living Room
In spaces where people gather, like with family or guests, create ambiance easily with stick-type incense.
Light incense before guests arrive to welcome them with a gentle lingering scent.
For larger living rooms, spiral-type incense is recommended, while cone-type is great for quickly spreading fragrance when unexpected guests arrive.
Private Space
In your personal room or studio apartment, burn your favorite scent to refresh and unwind after a long day.
Enjoy various types of incense depending on your mood to create a relaxing atmosphere.
Entrance
In entrances where air flows with door movement, long-burning spiral-type incense is ideal.
Whether welcoming guests or returning home tired from work, a pleasant scent gently embraces you.
*In airtight or compact entryways like apartments, stick-type incense is recommended.
Recommended Spiral-Type Incense
Recommended Stick-Type Incense
Toilet / Washroom (Powder Room)
Stick or cone-type incense is perfect for restrooms and washrooms.
Change the scent daily for variety, or use incense to create a clean and refreshing space.
Add a sachet as decor for a subtle, lingering fragrance.
Enjoying Incense in Traditional Settings
Tea Room
Incense is also used in tea ceremonies.
After preparing charcoal for the tea gathering, incense is burned to eliminate the charcoal smell and purify the space. The type of incense is chosen according to the season: fragrant wood from May to October, and kneaded incense from November to April.
In Senchado (Japanese green tea ceremony), a single stick of incense is lit.
The elegance of an upright incense stick and the beauty of the curling smoke enhance the atmosphere of the room.
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Recommended Stick Incense for Senchado
How to Enjoy Incense by Type of Home
Detached Houses
In detached houses, you can enjoy all types of incense: stick, cone, and spiral.
Use spiral-type incense in areas with good airflow like the entrance or in spacious living rooms. Burn cone or stick-type incense before guests arrive to create a welcoming lingering scent.
Feel free to enjoy different incense types depending on the place and occasion.
Apartments & Condos
In apartment buildings or condos, people may be concerned about bothering neighbors.
In high-sealed condominiums, it's safe to use incense with windows open.
Studio apartments and smaller places may not be as sealed, but by breaking stick-type incense to shorten burning time, you can enjoy incense worry-free.
Depending on the room size, you can still fully enjoy the fragrance.
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Enjoying Incense in Other Places
Drawers & Closets
Place a sachet in drawers or closets to lightly scent clothes.
There are also special "anti-moth incense sachets" that are both fragrant and insect-repellent.
They gently scent and protect your precious clothing at the same time.
Shoe Cabinets
For confined spaces like shoe cabinets, sachets are ideal.
Unpleasant odors are replaced with a pleasant fragrance from the incense.
If you leave the cabinet open while burning incense in the entrance, it will help eliminate any unwanted smells.
