Wooden Cypress Hangiri waving cat As soon as you open

As soon as you open the package containing the oke you can smell the wood and see the natural oils of the wood leave a ring in the box

of all the tea utensils

sauce bowls and wooden chopsticks

Butterflies dancing in the wind and pampas leaves gently sway back and forth all over this beautiful bento

It bends and sways and doesn't break

Wooden Cypress Hangiri waving cat As soon as you openLet's make chirashi sushi Or what we like to call "zushi". Did you know that the biggest error made in making sushi at home is the consistency of the rice and vinegar. Wooden sushi oke or called hangiri or handai is specifically designed to absorb excess moisture and allow the vinegar to mix evenly with the rice. Ours are made from Sawara a variety of the cypress tree. The sawara has less cedar scent and taste than the hinoki cypress. Cooks prefer the