Latest News about Scents of Japan

[Coming: August 17 - 21, 2008]
We're moving to Jacob Javits Convention Center at the New York International Gift Fair, NYIGF:
We will be in Booth 7457 (1 st Floor in the General Gifts section.

[21 June 2008]
New Cast iron burner added!

[27 June 2008]
Shorindo has added a new sandalwood incense with Chinese spices: Shion.

[21 June 2008]
New Keigao Kaori Incense added!

[14 June 2008]
Please welcome our newest incense OEM, Awaji-Baikundo. Though we have already been enjoying their Koh-shi incense #102 (thé doux), they've now offered us three new incenses based upon Hydrangea Tea (Amacha Kou) !

[6 June 2008]
New Tennendo Shingon Incense added!

[7 May 2008]
New Minorien Fu-in Kyara Ryugen Incense added!

[31 January to 5 February 2008]
Members of the Awaji Koh-shi flew to New York to suport our booth.

[2 -5 February 2008]
We exhibited at the New York International Gift Fair, NYIGF:

We were in Booth 10018 (5th Floor of the Metropolitan Pavilion), in the New York's Newest section.

[26 - 29 January 2008]
We exhibited at the San Francisco International Gift Fair, SFIGF:

We were in a huge booth owned by Xcidia. Look for booths 5726 through 5831 in the North Hall of Moscone Center. And just one day later we go to New York City (whew!).

[15 January 2008]
Two new incense manufacturers added:

Scents of Japan is pleased to add the incense from two companies Kikujudo and Shorindo, Both these companies are from Japan's Awaji Island.

[3 November 2007]
First new Scents of Japan product added:

Orchard, a soft, less-smoke incense, is now available.

[29 Aug 2007]
New Kunjudo and Kunmedo products added:

Kunjudo's Karin is now available in a small box, plus we've brought in four different scents of Kunmeido's granulated incense.

[27 Jul 2007]
Scents of Japan is the feature "indie" company for the San Francisco Examiner® Newspaper.

The Examiner, the largest newspaper in Northern California, chose Scents of Japan as their example of an independent small company from the Bay Area that was leading the trend of selling to large retailers. See this link to their Business Section.

[28 Jul - 1 Aug 2007]
San Francisco International Gift Fair (SFIGF)

The SFIGF is one of the largest venues in the USA, where buyers from all over North America come to view and order products for their stores.
Scents of Japan displayed hundreds of incense products from over a dozen Japanese manufacturers. Nearly all of these incenses are completely new to the USA.
We were at Booth 933, (Distinctive Lines section) in Moscone South.
[click for map].

[Feb. and May 2007]
Business in Japan
In just the past six months, the Scents of Japan staff have twice traveled throughout southern Japan, selecting the best incense and securing distributorship rights from many new incense manufacturers. The manufacturers' enthusiastic response and recent shipments of new products means we will be able to quickly fill new orders.