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びんちょうずみ 備長炭
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1. high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)​
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2. Binchōtan​Binchō-tan or white charcoal or binchō-zumi (備長炭) is a traditional charcoal of Japan. It dates to the Edo period, when during the Genroku era, a craftsman named Bitchū-ya Chōzaemon (備中屋 長左衛門) began to produce it in Tanabe, Wakayama. The raw material is oak, specifically ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides), now the official tree of Wakayama Prefecture.
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備長炭 【びんちょうたん】

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