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| tawashi たわし / 束子 scrubbing brush, Scheuerbürste, Handschrubber quote The tawashi (たわし or 束子, lit., a bundle) is a Japanese popular scrubbing brush to wash off dirt.  The typical tawashi is Kamenoko Tawashi. The Kamenoko Tawashi (亀の子たわし or 亀の子束子, lit., the tawashi like a young turtle) is a kind of tawashi made of fiber of a hemp palm. Because the Kamenoko Tawashi is hard, durable and waterproof, it is suitable for washing kitchen equipment, bathtubs, shoes and so on. It should not be used for delicate items.  The Kamenoko Tawashi is a registered trademark of Kamenoko tawashi nishio shoten co.,ltd. (株式会社 亀の子束子西尾商店 Kabushikigaisya Kamenoko tawashi Nishio shōten) in Japan. source : www.kamenoko-tawashi.co.jp - Other tawashis source : wikipedia ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: - quote Wakayama-made brushes are crafted from eco-friendly natural fibers It may look like just another "tawashi" (scrubbing brush), but the tawashi and brooms manufactured by Takada Kozo Shoten in Wakayama Prefecture boast a soft texture that stands apart from conventional brushes that are coarse in texture. Densely covered in forests, Wakayama Prefecture is often referred to as the land of trees, and its people have skillfully processed the native grown trachycarpus palm trees to craft refined items for everyday use.  Takada Kozo Shoten has been making tawashi and brooms made of fiber from trachycarpus bark since 1948. The fiber is also used to make strong rope. The natural-fiber tawashi can cleanly get rid of slight grease stains with just water. But with a little bit of detergent, stains can be removed in a more effective way, the company says. The eco-friendly product is so soft that it can be used as a washcloth. - source : ajw.asahi.com/article - Choi Chae-soo ....................................................................... 高田耕造商店 Takada Kozo Shoten From one shuro tree (shuro シュロ、棕櫚) there are only 8 sheets of bark be harvested every year. And the farmers for these trees, who have to climb up to the top for harvesting, get fewer and fewer.  sumikko すみっこ brush for corners, about 10 cm long Look at more of their products - source : takada1948.jp/user_data :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::  . . . CLICK here for Photos ! . Reference . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Another item made from shuro hemp palm are all kinds of brooms.  hooki ほうき / 箒 broom shuro hooki 棕櫚 ほうき broom made from shuro palm For a tawashi, the sheets of hemp palm are first dissipated into fibers and then bound together. For a broom they are first rounded up into bundles, fixed with bronze wires into a shape of five or seven bundles, and in the final process dissipated for about half of the length on a special maschine. . hooki 箒 / ほうき Hoki, broom, Besen . hookishi 箒師 making brooms in Edo hookiya 箒屋 vendor of brooms ..............................................................................................................................................  shuro hagu 棕櫚剥ぐ (しゅろはぐ) stripping a hemp-palm ... shuro muku 棕櫚むく（しゅろむく）peeling off a hemp-palm Trachycarpus fortunei. Hanfpalme The fibers of the bark were used to make tough cloth or hemp-palm brooms. This tree grows to a hight of about 5 meters in the forest of the warmer parts of Japan. When the bark is peeled off, it will grow back soon. and ーーーー kigo for early summer shuro no hana 棕櫚の花 (しゅろのはな) blossoms of the hemp-palm ..... hana shuro 花棕櫚（はなしゅろ） ..... shuro no hana 椶櫚の花（しゅろのはな） . Forest work in Winter - KIGO . The fibers of the hemp palm 棕櫚 are also used for traditional fly swatters. . Fly-swatter,fly swatter (haetataki 蠅叩き) . |
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