{"id":22246,"date":"2025-01-04T15:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T06:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/?page_id=22246"},"modified":"2025-01-04T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T07:45:19","slug":"about-kobaien","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/?page_id=22246","title":{"rendered":"About Kobaien"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload\" style=\"background-color:rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.21)\" data-bg=\"http:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1238.jpg\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<div style=\"height:200px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffffde\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-section_ttl\">Kobaien Headquarters<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Address:<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/dXwcAFsNXiobRwJX6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><br>Tsubaicho 7, Nara-shi, Nara, Japan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -external\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">\u2605Kobaien Sumi Ink Stick Shop by &#8230;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/the-worlds-oldest-inkstick.jp\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/sc_2024-01-16_12.06.55_34b71578-07d8-409a-9eac-60eb24b68357.jpg?v=1769490163\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/the-worlds-oldest-inkstick.jp\/blogs\/blog\/koubaien-branch-in-kyoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visiting Kobaien in Nara and Kyoto, Japan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">You can visit inkstick making at Kobaien Headquarters during the winter months. This is between November and March of the following year. \u00a0Reservation needed. A&#8230;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:200px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type3\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">\u3042\u308f\u305b\u3066\u8aad\u307f\u305f\u3044<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08255-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/?page_id=22248\">The Making Process of Kobaien Inksticks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">There is no window in the room that collects the soot that is the raw material for ink. 100 flames are burning in one room. 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They were the first people in Japan to make ink from oil smoke. Today, 90% of the total production of &#8230;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type3\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">\u3042\u308f\u305b\u3066\u8aad\u307f\u305f\u3044<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC00433-scaled-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/worlds-oldest-inksticks.jp\/?page_id=22285\">Kobaien Lineage<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">The Founder : Matsui Douchin In 1577, &nbsp;Matsui Douchin moved from Yamatonokuni to Nanto and started making ink. 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