shuro muku 棕櫚むく（しゅろむく）peeling off a hemp-palm Shuro hagu 棕櫚剥ぐ (しゅろはぐ) stripping a hemp-palm Shuro hooki 棕櫚ほうき broom made from shuro palmįor a tawashi, the sheets of hemp palm are first dissipated into fibers and then bound together.įor 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. Sumikko すみっこ brush for corners, about 10 cm long source : /article - Choi Chae-sooįrom one shuro tree (shuro シュロ、棕櫚) there are only 8 sheets of bark be harvested every year.Īnd the farmers for these trees, who have to climb up to the top for harvesting, get fewer and fewer. The eco-friendly product is so soft that it can be used as a washcloth.

But with a little bit of detergent, stains can be removed in a more effective way, the company says. The natural-fiber tawashi can cleanly get rid of slight grease stains with just water. The fiber is also used to make strong rope. Takada Kozo Shoten has been making tawashi and brooms made of fiber from trachycarpus bark since 1948. 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.ĭensely 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. Wakayama-made brushes are crafted from eco-friendly natural fibers (株式会社亀の子束子西尾商店 Kabushikigaisya Kamenoko tawashi Nishio shōten) in Japan. The Kamenoko Tawashi is a registered trademark of Kamenoko tawashi nishio shoten co.,ltd. It should not be used for delicate items. Because the Kamenoko Tawashi is hard, durable and waterproof, it is suitable for washing kitchen equipment, bathtubs, shoes and so on. 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. The tawashi (たわし or 束子, lit., a bundle) is a Japanese popular scrubbing brush to wash off dirt. Tawashi たわし　/ 束子 scrubbing brush, Scheuerbürste, Handschrubber

Kamenoko tawashi scrubbing brush