Hinoki is a Japanese oil from the Japanese Cypress tree, better known as the Hinoki Cypress

TRADITIONAL USES:

Used as an insect repellent rather like citronella and May Chang. It can also be added to shampoos, conditioners, skin lotions

HISTORY:

Hinoki was once and, to a certain extent still is, the preferred wood for building palaces, temples, shrines and bath houses. It is the wood from which the Imperial palaces were bulit. Hinoki is a cypress that grows only in Japan. It is a light coloured wood which does not deteriorate easily or quickly.