Types of wood used as chopsticks

• black Koku Dan sputum

  It has the characteristics of fine, heavy, and hard wood, and is known to give off a metallic luster the more it is polished, and has been used as a material for decorations, crafts, musical instruments, etc. since ancient times.

  Ebenaceae Main production area = Indonesia

• purple death Dan sputum

  Probably because it inhabits many harsh tropical regions, it has extremely excellent durability and is often used for furniture. In the past, the pigment was traded as a spice.

  Leguminosae Main production area = Myanmar

• Fraxinus lanuginosa

  It is a deciduous broad-leaved tree also called "ash" and is widely distributed throughout Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu. It is called Aodamo because the water turns blue when the branches are cut and soaked in water. Fraxinus lanuginosa in Hokkaido is considered to be the best baseball bat material, but it grows slowly and has hardly been planted to date. Therefore, while protecting small-diameter trees, the amount of resources is maintained by planned logging, but it is difficult to stably supply wooden bats with excellent properties over the long term.

  Oleaceae Main production area = Japan

• Tamo

  The texture is a little rough, but you can see the beautiful grain. Characterized by a gentle white color. It is rich in toughness and elasticity.

  Oleaceae Main production areas = Japan, China

• iron Tetsu wood I

  Since it has the strength and durability of iron, there is an episode that it was actually used for gears instead of iron during World War II.

  Lauraceae Main production areas = Southeast Asia

• Park law

  The meaning of the Chinese character for "Park" is "a tree that has been folded, an untouched tree, and no decoration", and a tree that is "Park" is literally "simple". It is light and soft, and the material is homogeneous. It has no drawbacks and is easy to engrave and work, so it is often used as a woodblock material for amateurs.

  Magnolia family Main production area = Japan

• Next time tomorrow Japanese cypress Naro

  It means "let's become a cypress tomorrow" and is also known as Hiba. It is durable and has excellent moisture resistance in spite of its light weight, so it is used for Wajima-nuri wood and is famous in the world as "lacquer ware tree".

  Cupressaceae Main production area = Japan

• Yuzu hot water Child figure

  It is characterized by being hard and having a good finish. It is often used for furniture.

  Rutaceae Main production area = Thailand

• Kaede Maple

  It is a tree that is widely distributed in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, and there are many types in Japan. It is often used in musical instruments such as violins and guitars because it is elastic, tough, and has a beautiful wood surface, which makes it possible to obtain beautiful resonance, including furniture.

  Aceraceae Main production area = Canada

• mulberry Hoe

  Since ancient times, mulberry leaves have been used as feed for silk moths, and under the Tokugawa administration, they have been recommended and cultivated as the "four major trees of industry" along with tea, kozo (raw material for Japanese paper), and lacquer. Chopsticks made of mulberry wood are used for New Year's celebration chopsticks, coupled with the sacred and clean image of silk moth silk.

  Morus alba Main production area = Japan

• Cherry blossoms Cherry Blossoms

  Since ancient times, Japanese people have been fascinated by the gorgeousness of flowers that bloom all at once in spring and the fragility that quickly disperses. The trunk of the cherry blossoms has little deviation and is easy to process such as sculpture, so it was used for ukiyo-e woodblocks in the Edo period.

  Rosaceae Main production areas = Japan

• plum Ume

  "Every" is a hieroglyph of a mother who gives birth to a child, and it is said that the children (actually) become dried plums and promote safe delivery. For that reason, plums have been regarded as the "mother tree."

  Rosaceae Main production areas = China

• South what Heaven point

  Using Nanten chopsticks ・ There is a popular belief that you can avoid food poisoning, you will not have toothache, you will not get sick, you will live longer, and you will heal your hump (a kind of cancer). The word "difficulty" is also used. However, when trying to make chopsticks in the southern sky, there are also "difficulty" such as shrubs, slow growth, thinness, bending, easy bending, many knots, and few craftsmen with processing skills. ..

  Berberidaceae Main production area = Japan

• iron Haga sword or wood Mr. Miss

  The heavy and hard lumber is like an iron sword, so the Chinese character for "iron sword wood" was applied. It is also durable.

  Leguminosae Main production areas = Thailand, India

• Kumea

  It has the same density and weight as ebony and rosewood, and the grain is straight and fine, and it is also hard.

  Sapotaceae Main production area = Indonesia

• Manilkara

  It is a hard, heavy and durable wood with a beautiful texture and color.

  Sapotaceae Main production areas = South America, Brazil

• bamboo Take

  The chopsticks are written as bamboo. The material of the oldest chopsticks was bamboo. Bamboo has a lot of momentum and is said to grow 30 cm a day. Bamboo is widely used as a chopstick because it does not allow oil to pass through, has elasticity, is hard to break, and is resistant to bending.

  Gramineae Main production area = China