[Please Read Before Ordering / About Direct Shipping Items]

*Please note that this item cannot be delivered to residential addresses.
When placing your order, please be sure to enter a company name, store name, business name,
or similar information for the delivery address.

This item is a “Direct Shipping” item and will be shipped directly from a bamboo supplier in Wakayama Prefecture.

Please be sure to read and check all the information from 1) to 8) before placing your order.

1) Time Required for Shipping

After your order is placed, the bamboo supplier will select each piece of Black Bamboo and prepare it for shipping.

If the item is in stock at the supplier, it will be shipped approximately one week after your order is placed.
The item will be shipped from Wakayama Prefecture.

However, shipping may take longer than usual when the bamboo supplier is closed, during busy periods, or depending on stock availability.

If you need your order urgently, please contact us before placing your order.

2) When Ordering Together with Regular Items

As this item is shipped from a different location than regular items shipped by 1basketry,
even if you order it together with regular items, they will be delivered in separate packages.

3) Large Orders and Custom Orders

We also accept inquiries for orders of larger quantities
and for cutting Black Bamboo to lengths other than those available in our online shop.

Kuroho is normally sold in 18 kg (39.68 lb) bundles, but we also accept inquiries for smaller quantities.
Please contact us through our custom order page before placing your order.

We also accept inquiries for orders of 100 or more Black Bamboo pieces and large orders of Black Bamboo branches and leaves.

▶︎Black Bamboo Bulk & Custom Orders

4) Shipping Fees

As Black Bamboo items are shipped directly from the supplier, shipping fees from Wakayama Prefecture will apply.

If you order Black Bamboo items together with regular items,
shipping fees will apply separately because they are shipped from different locations.
Regular items are shipped from 1basketry in Tokyo,
while Black Bamboo items are shipped from the bamboo supplier in Wakayama Prefecture.

Please be aware of this.

If the shipping fee changes depending on the details of your order,
we will inform you in the order confirmation email (sent separately from the automated email).

5) Delivery

As this item is long, it will be delivered by Fukuyama Transporting.

Kuroho cannot be delivered to residential addresses.
Delivery is available only to businesses, such as companies, stores, and other business locations.

When placing your order, please be sure to enter a company name, store name, business name,
or similar information for the delivery address.

If only an individual’s name is entered for the delivery address, we will be unable to ship the order.
In this case, we will cancel the order.
We will notify you by email when the order is canceled.

Please be aware of this before placing your order.

6) Cash on Delivery

As this is a Direct Shipping item, Cash on Delivery is not available.

If you select Cash on Delivery,
we will change the payment method to a bank transfer to Japan Post Bank and contact you again with the payment details.

7) Color and Patterns of Black Bamboo

As Black Bamboo is a natural material, each piece varies in color, pattern, and the position of its nodes.

You cannot choose the depth of the black color, the amount of brown coloring, mottled patterns, or the position of the nodes.

Please be aware of these natural variations.

As shown on the product page, there may also be scratches, scuffs, or lines on the outer surface,
cracks or splits around the nodes, or areas where the outer surface has peeled away.

These are characteristics of the natural material and are not defects.
Please understand these characteristics of the material before placing your order.

8) Returns and Exchanges

Please carefully check the length and diameter of the Black Bamboo before placing your order.

We are unable to accept changes, returns, or exchanges after an order has been placed due to customer circumstances,
including selecting the wrong length or diameter.

This is Black Bamboo from Wakayama and Kochi Prefectures.

Each piece is individually selected by a bamboo supplier in Wakayama Prefecture specializing in Black Bamboo and shipped directly from the production area.

On this page, we introduce “Kuroho,” which consists of slender Black Bamboo branches gathered together.

Many slender branches are carefully gathered and bundled together.
When used for bamboo fences or other fencing, these branches give a softer appearance than whole bamboo poles alone.

This shows how Kuroho is wrapped. Please take a look.
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If you would like Black Bamboo cut to a length other than the sizes listed above,
or would like to order a smaller or larger quantity, please contact us through our custom order page.

▶︎For those who would like to order individual Black Bamboo branches

▶︎Black Bamboo Bulk & Custom Orders

As Black Bamboo is a natural material, each piece varies in color and pattern.
You cannot choose the depth of the black color, the amount of brown coloring, or mottled patterns.

Also, as bamboo gradually becomes thinner from the base toward the tip,
the diameter varies even within a single piece.

Please be aware that these are all characteristics of a natural material.

“Kuroho” retains the branches all the way to the tip of the Black Bamboo.
Please make use of the distinctive appearance of Black Bamboo with branches for gardens, bamboo fences, and other uses.

*Please note that this item cannot be delivered to residential addresses.
Delivery is available only to businesses, such as companies, stores, and other business locations.

When placing your order, please be sure to enter a company name, store name, business name,
or similar information for the delivery address.

If only an individual’s name is entered for the delivery address, we will be unable to ship the order.
In this case, we will cancel the order.

We will notify you by email when the order is canceled.

Black Bamboo Passed Down in Wakayama

In Wakayama, Black Bamboo has been valued as a local specialty for more than 100 years, since the Meiji period.

Preparing Black Bamboo for use as a material involves many steps.
The process begins with going into the mountains to select, harvest, and transport the bamboo,
followed by removing the branches and branch stubs, cutting the bamboo to the required length,
removing the oil using heat, and straightening any bends.

The way the flame is applied and the heating time are adjusted according to the condition of each piece of bamboo,
and the bamboo is straightened while it is still soft.

This work has been passed down through many years of accumulated experience and skill.

However, today, there are very few craftspeople who specialize in processing Black Bamboo.

In recent years, Hachiku bamboo, which belongs to the same group as Black Bamboo,
has been flowering and dying off in many parts of Japan, and Black Bamboo has also been affected.

Under these circumstances, efforts are also underway to plant and grow new Black Bamboo on abandoned farmland,
so that Black Bamboo can be passed on to future generations.

The Black Bamboo introduced here is shipped directly from a bamboo supplier in Wakayama
that has handled Black Bamboo for more than 100 years and continues to carry on the techniques used to process it.

Today, many Black Bamboo products are imported,
and Japanese Black Bamboo has become more difficult to obtain than it once was.

We hope you will find a place in your everyday life for this Japanese Black Bamboo, carefully finished piece by piece.