Tiger Bamboo grows in a small area of just 1.5 km in the KOUCHi prefecture in Shikoku, Japan.

Tiger Bamboo is a mysterious bamboo that the UK's BBC called ‘miracle bamboo’, so called because of the tiger-skin pattern on its surface.

This mysterious bamboo only grows in the bamboo forest of Awa, Japan.

Yoshihiro Yamagishi, the fourth generation of the 100-year-old bamboo producer Taketora, is a bamboo influencer who not only produces bamboo and transforms it into handcrafted products, but also continues to promote the wonders of bamboo on social media.

He knows bamboo inside out and introduces it with passion.

The miracle bamboo, which only grows in a narrow valley with a front of only 1.5 km, is a pesticide-free bamboo material that has not been treated with chemicals or chemical fertilisers from the moment it grows as a bamboo shoot until the moment it is felled.

We strive to produce safe and healthy products that can be used in everyday life.

Tell the fourth generation of Toratake.

The environment surrounding bamboo in Japan has changed dramatically in recent decades. Traditional handicrafts have been disappearing due to the distribution of new materials and cheap foreign products, domestic bamboo is no longer used, as represented by the problems of degradation of neglected bamboo forests, it is quickly forgotten. The Japanese and bamboo have a deep connection and resonate with each other, and I think that bamboo and we humans are the elements of our land.

The fourth generation of Taketora, creates the creative products, the bamboo charcoal pillow, one of its works.

Bamboo charcoal pillows can be described as pillows that lead to a good night's sleep, as they are cooked at high temperatures, sprinkled with water and quickly cooled to give them a light and soft texture, have good ventilation and dehumidification properties, do not trap heat in the pillow and are highly effective in eliminating odours. In addition, mattress covers made of bamboo charcoal fibres are a great idea for keeping cool on hot summer nights and eliminating unpleasant odours from pets.