About our chopsticks
Chopsticks making policy

I want my family and loved ones to use it. Hyozaemon is thoroughly committed to the materials.

Sticking to natural wood and natural paint,
We are committed to making chopsticks that are safer and more secure .
Because the chopsticks you put in your mouth every day
Hyozaemon is responsibly and sincerely working on making chopsticks.
Natural wood
Natural wood
Ebony, rosewood, senna, asunaro, cherry blossoms, kumea, iron sword tree, maple, manilkara ... and even a broken bat.
In order to deliver high-quality chopsticks to our customers at a stable price, we carefully select and use high-quality wood suitable for chopsticks each time.
Virgin lacquer
Virgin lacquer
We thoroughly use virgin lacquer that does not contain any harmful ingredients to the human body at the tip of chopsticks that go directly into the mouth. The "safe and secure" chopsticks that Hyozaemon is particular about are completed by carefully applying virgin lacquer over and over again.

Chopsticks are food.

At Hyozaemon, based on the recognition that chopsticks that enter the mouth are "food," pure lacquer that is not mixed is registered as a trademark of "virgin lacquer," and "the tip of the chopsticks that we manufacture is virgin lacquer. We make chopsticks with a high safety standard of "use only".

STORY

It was around 1970 that Hyozaemon began to review the safety aspects of chopsticks.
It was triggered by a simple question from one mother.

My child is playing with the tip of chopsticks drawing a picture like a colored pencil . Is it okay to put chopsticks that fade like this in my mouth?

It was a shocking thing for us

At that time and even now, most Japanese chopsticks are synthetic chemical paints. Hyozaemon also used synthetic chemical paints without any doubt. Since then, Hyozaemon has been confronting "what is true peace of mind?" And continues to make "food chopsticks."

The fear of "meeting national standards"

We do not believe that the food hygiene law, which is a safety standard, is really safe.
Under current national safety standards, the same "lacquer" can be labeled in all of the following cases:

  • (1) Synthetic chemical paint mixed with even one drop of lacquer

  • (2) A product in which synthetic chemical paint is applied and then lacquer is applied only once on the surface.

  • ③ Only 100% natural lacquer is applied from undercoat to finish

It is a standard that can be displayed as "lacquer" regardless of the content of lacquer.

It is a standard that can be displayed as "lacquer" regardless of the content of lacquer.

It is not possible to visually judge "whether it is really safe lacquer".
As a manufacturer of chopsticks with the policy of "chopsticks are food", Hyozaemon has established high food safety standards and uses only pure lacquer [virgin lacquer] for the tips of the chopsticks, from the undercoat to the finish. I decided to use it and started making chopsticks.

* We also have chopsticks with a beeswax finish, which is a natural material that does not use lacquer.

Hyozaemon chopsticks for children

Hyozaemon chopsticks for children

Children tend to give colorful chopsticks to the tip of the chopsticks that they are happy with, but the percentage of young children chewing on chopsticks is almost 100%. The paint is in my body without my knowledge.

Hyozaemon's children's chopsticks have a colorful synthetic paint on the handle, but the tip of the chopsticks has a safe and secure 100% natural lacquer finish. Of course, we also have chopsticks with natural lacquer finish, including the handles. For children who play and eat while biting their hands, please purchase chopsticks with an all-natural lacquer finish.

In addition, the natural material chopsticks made of "lacquer" and "wood" that Hyozaemon continues to stick to have "warmth" that cannot be obtained from chopsticks made of plastic and synthetic chemical paint. Hyozaemon believes that touching this "warmth" and "genuine" fosters the importance of eating and the spirituality of treating tableware and things with care.

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