The Art of Japanese Incense Ceremony - Kodo 香道

Kōdō (香道, “Way of Incense“) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. Kōdō includes all aspects of the incense process, from the tools (香道具 kōdōgu) -- which, much like tools of the tea ceremony, are valued as high art -- to activities such the incense-comparing games kumikō (組香) and genjikō (源氏香). Kōdō is counted as one of the three classical Japanese arts of refinement (kadō, or ikebana for flower arrangement, kōdō for incense, and chadō for tea and the tea ceremony), but it is relatively unknown among modern Japanese people. In this video is the famous Yamada Matsu Incense boutique in Kyoto. Video courtesy by ShiniseMallChannel. Incense available at