What is Honzoka?

Honzogaku is an ancient Japanese wisdom that involves observing the properties and functions of all things in nature, including plants, minerals, and animals, and applying this knowledge to daily life and health care.

After being introduced to Japan from China during the Nara period, it has been cultivated in everyday life such as incense, food, medicine, dyeing, and decoration.

At SHIYA, we pass on the wisdom of this herb to the present day as a "tool for arranging" along with flowers, fragrances, tea, and hot water, and while overlapping it with the Japanese culture of arranging flowers as if praying, we hope to provide a time to remember the rhythm of nature in the midst of our hectic daily lives. In other words, we want to gently offer a quiet ritual of loving yourself.