Dude's got the most positive vibe ever. His smile is radiant.

As a pipe smoker, kiseru are a god-send. They take about as much time to smoke as a cigarette, and they also work with western tobacco (though it takes some experience to get them lit). Great for when you're on the move or at work and can't take forever off to smoke.

I used to have a Japanese roommate who would use a kiseru pipe for smoking cannabis, always thought the pipes looked very elegant! My Dad also smokes tobacco from a pipe, I wonder if he would like one of these. Next time I visit Kyoto I will search!

I don't smoke but I could definitely consider buying a pipe just to support the work of art and memory of the culture.

Arigato The owner seems genuinely pleased with what he does. Good vibes for sure let's hope the younger generations will keep a lot of the old crafts alive.

I love how fine the tobacco is cut and it’s very long pipe to cool the smoke!

Thank you so much for your Video! I was able to visit Kyoto last week and visit Tanigawa-san’s shop and purchase a beautiful Kiseru from him! I unfortunately speak no Japanese but we were able to communicate well via a digital translator he had on hand. He is an incredibly lovely and friendly man - a true artisan as well. As I understand, he’s the 9th generation to run the shop since the Edo period and I hope I’ll be able to visit his shop (and Japan) again soon. If you ever are able to visit Kyoto, please please visit him! You will not be disappointed :)

Very nice. I'm 61. American and a pipe smoker. I hope I have a chance to experience this. Interesting looking tobacco. I smoke Dutch tobacco and Brier pipes. This looks so interesting. Peace and love to the people of Japan from an old American Navy veteran. ❤

I purchased a kiseru from him in January and he told me he is the ninth generation owner and they make all the pipes by hand. It's in a magazine from the official Kyoto tourisim bureu of stores preserving traditional Japanese/Kyoto crafts which he gave me a copy of. Really cool guy who genuienly wants to preserve this part of the culture and the Kiseru itself is exceptional.

Thank you for this video! I bought a Kiseru from Tanigawa-san today. He was very kind and was patient with my inability to speak Japanese.

I wanna get one and smoke only high end weed. Such beauty and art and history in a pipe. Definitely a conversation starter.

As a cigar smoker, I definitely plan to give this a try. The whole reason I got into cigars 5 months back was cause I was curious about them and noticed how the way of smoking wasn't as harsh or even as unhealthy as cigarette smoking. Not to forget the most important thing: You actually enjoy the taste of the tobacco rather than just smoking to get a nicotine rush to cope with stress. Enjoying the taste of tobacco and relaxing is how tobacco was suppose to be smoked~ Really like the look of the tobacco Tanigawa san is using too. It's a lot different from the full on leaf or shreds of it I'm use too when smoking cigars or viewing cigarettes. I'll have to find one online I can buy along with that fluffy looking tobacco.

I absolutely love traditional Japanese culture like this! Next time in Kyoto I’ll go here and support. I usually like to buy lots of things. This is now on my list!

When I was stationed in Japan, I got one of these pipes, but haven't used it... NOW I SHALL! Thank you!

Absolutely wonderful I love this. Three hundred years, such a beautiful part of history. I hope this brings business.

Smoke weed I’m in full agreement

Oh hell yeah, that's the coolest thing I have ever seen. One day when I realize my dream of being in Japan, I am definitely gonna have to get into this.

Awww such a cute Japanese grandpa who owns this store! ❤ He has such a calming reassuring presence. I wish I could drop by to meet him. He seems so kind and personable.

tnks for sharing it!

Awesome video, a great history lesson included too, I will have to get one when I come to Japan!

When the wavy hip-hop hook came in after OG wisped it, I knew this was the real. The store is a must-visit before I'm out. For any who seek it, the track is by this cat named Jim Swim...he got bars too.

Such a lovely effort showing this topic. Very very cool.

It’s crazy how no matter the cultures and time period how things are the same today all over. We sit around with our smoke trays/ sets and special “flowers” w/ or w/o a drink alone and with friends talking shiii 😂 and relaxing. Old heads schooling and joking the younger. Relatable 🍃💨

Thank you for this wonderful video. 300 years is a long time!

Very nice! Thank you! 😊

Very classy lovely bit of history 👌 👏

Excellent. Well done. I was a pipe smoker in the US for many years. Loved learning about the Japanese way.

love the history

Wonderful video and great presentation. Thanks for taking us the viewers along, to visit the Tanigawa Kiseru shop with you. ☺

Interesting! Thank you!

I have seen a few of these pipes in antique stores and quite honestly I did not know they were for tobacco. I am a pipe smoker and I will go on the hunt for one of these. What a great piece of Japanese culture and tradition.

Thankyou very much.

Awesome video!

such a great video, will be watching more from your channel

Wonderfull!

I really enjoy your channel. Thank you for making this content! I'm thinking of buying a holiday home outside of Tokyo, so I'll be watching this channel closely!

Nice video! I enjoy the pipe as well

Amazing I hope to see more and visit Tanigawa san's shop! I love the kiseru shame Koiki is so hard to get in the U.S it reminds me of the smell of tatami and tastes delicious. I hope to see more arigatou gozaimasu!

5:44 this is how memes are made lol. As an American, I first became aware of kiseru when playing one of the Ganbare Goemon games on Super Nintendo. Goemon used a giant kiseru for his weapon! I was curious and did a little research. I found out that some kiseru had steel bodies and could be used to deflect sword strikes as well. They had an association with ninja because of this.

Very cool thank you for sharing. I’m an American pipe smoker I use meerschaum pipes mostly of Amish type and some hard wood or burl wood pipes. A corduroy smoking jacket with pockets full of wood matches and Scandinavian mixed tobacco and different spices teas or root products to blend for flavor or effect. Would be happy to share recipes.

The shredding results of Japanese tobacco is very simillar to Javanese shag tobacco commonly used for roll your owns (mixed with spices such as clove, chinese rhubrarb, benzoid, etc.). The only difference is that traditionally the "bagal" or veins and midrib of the leaf are not thrown away. Only recently the Japanese way of pre-shredding disposal of midribs and sometimes veins were addopted.

Thank you. I've always wondered about how tobacco was enjoyed. Very cool. (I like your choice of music too)

Tanigawa Kiseru is, by far, the classiest headshop on the planet. Domo arigato.

Nice, like an antique one-hitter

My friend gave me one for Christmas it's really good

Very interesting video, I am a pipe smoker and I would love to try Japanese tobacco and have one of these amazing Japanese style pipes in my collection.

Thank you! I've had a kiseru for a while now and always wondered if you were meant to inhale or not, now I know!

Awesome video I thought those were opium pipes before now. And the pride he was speaking of about people's pieces and trays is how most people are with flower. 🤙🤘🤟🖖

I'm totally sold on trying this now, it reminds me of a mix between the western pipe shown in the video, my Arabian Doha pipe, and smoking a hookah with the charcoals, but it looks like it would be so much smoother and more enjoyable to smoke, especially with the kiserus pipe length

It's an insane majestic place.

Good tobacco is one of lifes finest pleasures. Would love to try a kiseru pipe some day.

An awesome concept I've only seen with shallow and tiny pipes.

I am a pipe smoker but i love this video!!👍🤝🤝 The pipe looks beautiful! I wish I could find that tobacco in Europe!

These are amazing for also smoking sift and good hash. We'd smoke a mix of fine sift or hash, a lil flower/bud and mexican opium back in the day..

Belle création . L'art japonais super

Well, I was wondering if these would work with western tobacco, and I see in the comments that this is indeed the case, so, being in Japan right now, I'm going to have to pick one of these up for my collection! Very cool! Thank you for the video!

I'm a non-smoker but I've always been interested in this kind of pipes. very interesting video. thank you for making it. well done!

I've got an antique kiseru pipe that I've had for years, I've tried to use it for regular tobacco but never had much luck with it.

Ok the bes japan ....banyak aktiviti di japan

he sounds excited to be sharing all those tiny details

i need a kiseru so bad that seems more manageable then glass at any head shop

Okay, now I want one.

Respect☺️🙏 Smoke+Weed💚🧡 "Happiness world kept"!

Great video thank you, my wife and I just started our YTPC channel, its allot of fun.

I wish i could visit here. I was in Japan once for a few hours and only saw the inside of an airport. .. The had sealed smoking rooms.

The Smoke vendor really looks good for his 32years

I'm glad to see that my OCD specifications around bowl loading are backed up by ancient Japanese tradition ! So I'm not a crazy person, I just know how top load a mean bowl ! 😎

Fun fact. Tobbaco was originally from Brazil, the indigenous brazilians brought it to the Taino people in the caribbean and the Taino introduced it to Colombo and the europeans, afterwards tobbaco was introduced in Japan by the portuguese in the mid 16th century. The indigenous natives smoked them like cigars with leaves making the "pipe"

i really like the style of these pipes, are there versions which take active-coal-filters like modern pipes?

The trader joes bag at the beginning!

Interesting video. But there was one thing you didn't cover in it, though. And that is, who are making the pipes, because it's not Tanigawa himself, he only sells them, right?

those pipes work great for hashish. head shops have em on occasion lol

Just curious do you happen to offer guide services? Iv been trying to learn Japanese for about a month now and have another 2 before my trip but am afraid of missing out from lack of communication lol, I do plan on visiting this shop when in Kyoto

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Although i strictly use cannabis i would definitely add one of his pipes to my collection

I appreciate the demonstration, might need to add one of these to my collection. Weren’t some kiseru designed to be used as self defense weapons?

Lovely fine cut tobacco!

Bros skin is immaculate for a smoke shop owner

Gotta visit this place. P.S. An update is needed.

japanese people always shock me love them

Japanese are very nice and helpful to their customers, they treat their customers so nicely and it makes you feel comfortable, it’s better than western customer service where they don’t even care about the customers and are very rude and abrupt and make you feel insignificant and stupid, I’ve always admired Japanese customer service and their manners, in general as people

Amazing dude duck yea

Interesting as a pipe smoker I would like to have one or more of these pipes as well as try Japanese tobacco

Man i wish i could pick up a set of pipes and pouches from this guy

I personally own two and they are wayyy easier on the throat then a tradional american style country tobacco pipe. They are also smooth and the small bowl allows for a more mild concentrated smoke and also even burn

whats with the red home star runner on that tapestry? :D

My ancestors invented tabakko it is actually traditionally rolled in a fanta leaf call it a cohiba. It is used traditionally used for ceremony. Smoke session.

An update would be much appreciated.

Hello I'm from Germany and I saw these Kiseru pipes already in internet shops. I was wondering how you can smoke with such a small pipe. In comparison to European pipes there is no room for tobacco. But you work with very fine cut. In Europe we have in comparison shag pipes. They have also a smaller head than usual, but still much bigger than yours. In Japan everything is more filigree. How long do you enjoy with one filling the pipe? In Germany we spend 15-45 minutes with one pipe. It was very exiting to watch your video and to learn, that also Japan has a long history of smoking pipes. You celebrate it (as we do) but it in different, but very nice way. I want to learn all ways of smoking a pipe and this is a very exiting way to do this. I also collect such different pipes and bought already two Tsuge pipes. Such a Kiseru pipe should be in my collection with all stuff around. Thank you for your video and all the experience you gave me. Best regards Jürgen

Why oh why, did I only now see this video when I was just in Kyoto, two weeks earlier, and our hotel was just a stone's throw away from this place?

anyone subscribed to this channel. This is the real thing

These look like they would be great for hashish.

How is it dabbing budder?

5:42 Every day.

I love weed! Weed loves you too! Blessings to you Senpai!

is there live rosin there ?

I loved this video, as an American does this shop owner have an online website to purchase and support ?

I wanna try smoking now 😍

Someone give this man a bong. He would turn it into an art

Would this pipe also work with a certain plant today on 4/20?