Warousoku - Japanese Haze candle

Haze is the fruit of wax tree, which is the material of the Japanese candle, Warousoku. The wick is made of Washi paper and dried rush plant.

Unfortunately nowadays there are more paraffin-made mass Warousoku than Haze Warousoku, as authentic Haze Warousoku became unaffordable for daily use. For example, many temples can’t afford the authentic Haze Warousoku anymore for their daily practice.

But on the other hand, there are more and more Warousoku artisans emerging who offers Warousoku as an art of life - one of them is Atelier Kana.

‘‘There are only two manufactures throughout Japan who supply the ingredients for traditional Warousoku’’, she mentioned as I met her this Autumn. ‘‘If those two manufactures stop producing the ingredients, whole Warousoku industry will disappear, which has been passed down to our generation over 1000 years. I don’t want to make that happen. I want to pass this tradition down to the next generations.’’

Warousoku of Atelier Kana will be available from this December.