SHIMOTSUKENOKUNI Sawara cypress
下野国 椹（シモツケノクニサワラ）
産地；栃木県
ヒノキ科ヒノキ属の常緑針葉樹。流通量が少なく珍しい材木です。控えめで上品、芳香性が強くヤニが少ない。加工がしやすくそれなのに丈夫で、肌触りがよく水に強いので浴槽や風呂桶など日本の温泉文化と深く結びついた銘木です。栃木県は昔「下野国（しもつけのくに）と呼ばれており、日光東照宮もこの下野国にあります。日光は風水学や地政学としても重要な地です。東日本と西日本の中心にあり、中世日本では武士文化の重要な拠点でした。
木の力；愛、友情、あなたの為に生きる
SHIMOTSUKENOKUNI Sawara cypress
Origin: Tochigi Prefecture
An evergreen conifer belonging to the cypress family (Cupressaceae). It is a rare type of wood with limited distribution. Subtle and elegant in appearance, it has a strong fragrance and low resin content. Despite being easy to work with, it is durable, smooth to the touch, and highly resistant to water, making it a prized material for bathtubs and wooden tubs—deeply connected to Japan’s hot spring culture. Tochigi Prefecture was once known as “Shimotsuke no Kuni,” and the famous Nikko Toshogu Shrine is located there. Nikko holds great importance in both feng shui and geopolitics, situated at the heart between eastern and western Japan. In medieval times, it was also an important center of samurai culture.
Meaning: Love, friendship, living for you